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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.

SSCI has been criticized as the most [[corrupt]] body of the [[Deep state]]. Its sitting members during the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations have been dominated by the [[Uniparty]]. As of 2019 [[Richard Burr]] is the current chair and [[Mark Warner]] the sitting vice chair.

SSCI is often referred to as the nexus or epicenter of the [[Uniparty]].  it has been criticized as the most [[corrupt]] body of the [[Deep state]]. As of 2019 [[Richard Burr]] is the current chair and [[Mark Warner]] the sitting vice chair.

When the [[Obama administration]] illegally used the foreign intelligence gathering apparatus for domestic political spying, this presented unique unprecedented problems for the committee. The [[FISA court]]s and intelligence committee oversight were created specifically to deal with [[Nixon]]-era and [[J. Edgar Hoover]]'s [[Fourth Amendment]] abuses of American citizens' rights. The Obama administration exploited loopholes in the [[Patriot Act]] and amendments to target members of an opposing political campaign as a network of "agents of a foreign power."  

When the [[Obama administration]] illegally used the foreign intelligence gathering apparatus for domestic political spying, this presented unique unprecedented problems for the committee. The [[FISA court]]s and intelligence committee oversight were created specifically to deal with [[Nixon]]-era and [[J. Edgar Hoover]]'s [[Fourth Amendment]] abuses of American citizens' rights. The Obama administration exploited loopholes in the [[Patriot Act]] and amendments to target members of an opposing political campaign as a network of "agents of a foreign power."