7ff9                I would add that the CIA has utilized and furthered the 'classification' model--basically that information cannot be shared, testimony cannot be given because of classification. They have been enlarging on this since Congress really started questioning them, I think--during the Frank Church hearings in 1977. Prior to that point, the CIA had not really been scrutinized. Once they were scrutinized (the task of Congress) they began protecting their information by claiming it. It has spread throughout depts. within the government and has largely meant that oversight is a joke, and that we have what is essentially a KGB controlling our country.