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[[ File:Warner-text-1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Democrat Mark Warner texts show collusion of the Senate Intelligence Committee with the effort to remove President Trump from office in 2017.]]

[[ File:Warner-text-1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Democrat Mark Warner texts show collusion of the Senate Intelligence Committee with the effort to remove President Trump from office in 2017. Warner entered the SCIF at 4:00 PM to read classified material accusing Donald Trump of being a Russian agent; the materials were leaked on Warner's instructions to the ''New York Times'' hours later.]]

The '''United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (Senate Intelligence Committee or SSCI)''' was created as a supposed post-[[Watergate]] era reform. It is the only committee of congress in which the minority ranking member serves as "Vice-Chair."  On no other committee does the ranking member hold the title of vice-chair. In theory, intelligence and [[foreign policy]] matters are handled  in a [[bipartisan]] manner. This serves a dual purpose of the parties covering up each other's scandals, with the opposition party able to extract concessions.

The '''United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (Senate Intelligence Committee or SSCI)''' was created as a supposed post-[[Watergate]] era reform. It is the only committee of congress in which the minority ranking member serves as "Vice-Chair."  On no other committee does the ranking member hold the title of vice-chair. In theory, intelligence and [[foreign policy]] matters are handled  in a [[bipartisan]] manner. This serves a dual purpose of the parties covering up each other's scandals, with the opposition party able to extract concessions.