ABSTRACT
The need to control the intelligence agencies has been evident for a number of years. The disclosure of what the intelligence agencies have been doing came as a stunning shock to most Americans. The full solution to the problem of controlling intelligence agencies in a modern, technological world is not easy to find and certainly not easy to put into practice. Subsequent administrations, while more moderate in tone, have continued to put forward claims of inherent power in the president to conduct intelligence operations without regard to ordinary constitutional or legislative controls. The United States Supreme Court, in a decision of far-reaching significance, has definitely rejected the claim of inherent presidential power to ignore constitutional or statutory limitations in the area of "domestic intelligence." The executive branch of government, including the intelligence agencies themselves, have made some efforts at reform.
