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United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The Select Committee on Intelligence was preceded by the <a href="/facts/Church_Committee/DmI85gsD">Church Committee</a> (1975). Senator <a href="/facts/Daniel_K._Inouye/w7yEG4BG">Daniel K. Inouye</a> (D-Hawaii) became the first chairman of the committee when it was established and remained in the role until 1979.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>On July 8, 2004, the committee issued the <i><a href="/facts/Senate_Report_on_Pre-war_Intelligence_on_Iraq/MaTPlckK">Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq</a></i>, and on June 5, 2008, it issued a long-delayed portion of its "phase two" investigative report, which compared the prewar public statements made by top Bush administration officials to justify the invasion with the intelligence information that was available to them at that time.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>In a March 6, 2008, letter to the Senate leadership, 14 of the 15 then members of the Committee proposed the creation of a new Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Intelligence to prepare the annual intelligence budget.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> The proposed Subcommittee, on which members of the Intelligence Committee would be heavily represented, would increase the Committee's influence and leverage over <a href="/facts/Executive_branch/fPCCh3VU">executive branch</a> intelligence agencies, and require continuing disclosure of the annual budget for the National Intelligence Program. The proposal has been opposed by the leadership of the <a href="/facts/Senate_Appropriations_Committee/UNpSUwtl">Senate Appropriations Committee</a>, however.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p><p>In 2013, and beyond, the SSCI received renewed attention in the wake of <a href="/facts/Edward_Snowden/yRDLtpH9">Edward Snowden</a>'s disclosures regarding the <a href="/facts/NSA/Sg6MGV1o">NSA</a> surveillance of communications. Senator <a href="/facts/Dianne_Feinstein/BhruwpEp">Dianne Feinstein</a> and the SSCI made several statements on the matter, one of which was notably disputed: that the <a href="/facts/NSA/Sg6MGV1o">NSA</a> tracked US citizens' locations via cellphone. Later, the SSCI Staff Director, David Grannis, claimed that the NSA did not collect cellphone location, claiming the Senator was "speaking extemporaneously".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> The SSCI later came to prominence in relation to voting to publish in March 2014<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> and then publishing in December 2014 of a <a href="/facts/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_report_on_CIA_torture/56gmEJl0">report on the policies of the CIA on torture</a>. </p><p>In 2017, the SSCI began investigating <a href="/facts/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections/joyqKPf7">Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections</a>, possible incriminating links between members of the Russian government and members of <a href="/facts/Donald_Trump/pqqKY21P">Donald Trump</a>'s presidential campaign team, and the security of election processes in the United States.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> On April 21, 2020, the SSCI (chaired at the time by the Republican <a href="/facts/Richard_Burr/VneuvSeB">Richard Burr</a>) released a much redacted report<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> with its final judgment that the intelligence community's assessment was "coherent and well-constructed"; the SSCI therefore supports the intelligence community's claim that Putin's "interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election" in favor of candidate Trump was unprecedented in its "manner and aggressiveness". Nevertheless, no direct evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia was found.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p><p>In 2018, the SSCI Director of Security <a href="/facts/James_A._Wolfe/JVtbvJeg">James Wolfe</a> was arrested and convicted of lying to the FBI on the leak of classified documents to a reporter with whom he was in an affair.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> </p><p>On May 14, 2020, Senator Burr, who oversaw the probe on Russian interference in the 2016 election, stepped down as SSCI chair due to an <a href="/facts/2020_Congressional_insider_trading_scandal/uRozYg24">ongoing investigation regarding insider trading</a> by Senator Burr during the <a href="/facts/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States/GxNQUR2v">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> Senator McConnell announced on May 18, 2020 that <a href="/facts/Marco_Rubio/qs8WDBbw">Marco Rubio</a> would replace Burr temporarily.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="members-119th-congress">Members, 119th Congress</h2> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/119th_United_States_Congress/HaY3MoJa">119th United States Congress</a></p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Majority<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></th><th>Minority<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Tom_Cotton/L211dzCg">Tom Cotton</a>, Arkansas, <i>Chair</i></li><li><a href="/facts/Jim_Risch/er2mvaKe">Jim Risch</a>, Idaho</li><li><a href="/facts/Susan_Collins/XQPuQlpf">Susan Collins</a>, Maine</li><li><a href="/facts/John_Cornyn/YHlplyJs">John Cornyn</a>, Texas</li><li><a href="/facts/Jerry_Moran/zFjn9kzE">Jerry Moran</a>, Kansas</li><li><a href="/facts/James_Lankford/SFBa30YB">James Lankford</a>, Oklahoma</li><li><a href="/facts/Mike_Rounds/NDKBAnDo">Mike Rounds</a>, South Dakota</li><li><a href="/facts/Todd_Young/pVQr1xu1">Todd Young</a>, Indiana</li><li><a href="/facts/Ted_Budd/9pBzWbJX">Ted Budd</a>, North Carolina</li></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Mark_Warner/xp35M2JJ">Mark Warner</a>, Virginia, <i>Vice Chair</i></li><li><a href="/facts/Ron_Wyden/IctyChLB">Ron Wyden</a>, Oregon</li><li><a href="/facts/Martin_Heinrich/ju0avTtY">Martin Heinrich</a>, New Mexico</li><li><a href="/facts/Angus_King/1GFBvdSn">Angus King</a>, Maine<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></li><li><a href="/facts/Michael_Bennet/GQUU103a">Michael Bennet</a>, Colorado</li><li><a href="/facts/Kirsten_Gillibrand/NTswJtcS">Kirsten Gillibrand</a>, New York</li><li><a href="/facts/Jon_Ossoff/uL6QkWb3">Jon Ossoff</a>, Georgia</li><li><a href="/facts/Mark_Kelly/hwD9V1Yu">Mark Kelly</a>, Arizona</li></ul></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><i>Ex officio</i></th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Roger_Wicker/Py4MrluY">Roger Wicker</a>, Mississippi</li><li><a href="/facts/John_Thune/ElzwU378">John Thune</a>, South Dakota</li></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Jack_Reed_(Rhode_Island_politician)/Iuecrr2u">Jack Reed</a>, Rhode Island</li><li><a href="/facts/Chuck_Schumer/GsrvwB2w">Chuck Schumer</a>, New York</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="historical-committee-membership">Historical committee membership</h2> <h3>118th Congress</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/118th_United_States_Congress/SS9hQ2sK">118th United States Congress</a></p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Majority<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></th><th>Minority<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Mark_Warner/xp35M2JJ">Mark Warner</a>, Virginia, <i>Chair</i></li><li><a href="/facts/Dianne_Feinstein/BhruwpEp">Dianne Feinstein</a>, California (until September 29, 2023)</li><li><a href="/facts/Ron_Wyden/IctyChLB">Ron Wyden</a>, Oregon</li><li><a href="/facts/Martin_Heinrich/ju0avTtY">Martin Heinrich</a>, New Mexico</li><li><a href="/facts/Angus_King/1GFBvdSn">Angus King</a>, Maine<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></li><li><a href="/facts/Michael_Bennet/GQUU103a">Michael Bennet</a>, Colorado</li><li><a href="/facts/Bob_Casey_Jr./wfscBHdh">Bob Casey</a>, Pennsylvania</li><li><a href="/facts/Kirsten_Gillibrand/NTswJtcS">Kirsten Gillibrand</a>, New York</li><li><a href="/facts/Jon_Ossoff/uL6QkWb3">Jon Ossoff</a>, Georgia</li><li><a href="/facts/Mark_Kelly/hwD9V1Yu">Mark Kelly</a>, Arizona (from October 17, 2023)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></li></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Marco_Rubio/qs8WDBbw">Marco Rubio</a>, Florida, <i>Vice Chair</i></li><li><a href="/facts/Jim_Risch/er2mvaKe">Jim Risch</a>, Idaho</li><li><a href="/facts/Susan_Collins/XQPuQlpf">Susan Collins</a>, Maine</li><li><a href="/facts/Tom_Cotton/L211dzCg">Tom Cotton</a>, Arkansas</li><li><a href="/facts/John_Cornyn/YHlplyJs">John Cornyn</a>, Texas</li><li><a href="/facts/Jerry_Moran/zFjn9kzE">Jerry Moran</a>, Kansas</li><li><a href="/facts/James_Lankford/SFBa30YB">James Lankford</a>, Oklahoma</li><li><a href="/facts/Mike_Rounds/NDKBAnDo">Mike Rounds</a>, South Dakota</li></ul></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><i>Ex officio</i></th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Jack_Reed_(Rhode_Island_politician)/Iuecrr2u">Jack Reed</a>, Rhode Island</li><li><a href="/facts/Chuck_Schumer/GsrvwB2w">Chuck Schumer</a>, New York</li></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Roger_Wicker/Py4MrluY">Roger Wicker</a>, Mississippi</li><li><a href="/facts/Mitch_McConnell/3T3bUkbB">Mitch McConnell</a>, Kentucky</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>117th Congress</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/117th_United_States_Congress/3Iw49s3x">117th United States Congress</a></p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Majority</th><th>Minority</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Mark_Warner/xp35M2JJ">Mark Warner</a>, Virginia, <i>Chair</i></li><li><a href="/facts/Dianne_Feinstein/BhruwpEp">Dianne Feinstein</a>, California</li><li><a href="/facts/Ron_Wyden/IctyChLB">Ron Wyden</a>, Oregon</li><li><a href="/facts/Martin_Heinrich/ju0avTtY">Martin Heinrich</a>, New Mexico</li><li><a href="/facts/Angus_King/1GFBvdSn">Angus King</a>, Maine<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></li><li><a href="/facts/Michael_Bennet/GQUU103a">Michael Bennet</a>, Colorado</li><li><a href="/facts/Bob_Casey_Jr./wfscBHdh">Bob Casey</a>, Pennsylvania</li><li><a href="/facts/Kirsten_Gillibrand/NTswJtcS">Kirsten Gillibrand</a>, New York</li></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Marco_Rubio/qs8WDBbw">Marco Rubio</a>, Florida, <i>Vice Chair</i></li><li><a href="/facts/Richard_Burr/VneuvSeB">Richard Burr</a>, North Carolina</li><li><a href="/facts/Jim_Risch/er2mvaKe">Jim Risch</a>, Idaho</li><li><a href="/facts/Susan_Collins/XQPuQlpf">Susan Collins</a>, Maine</li><li><a href="/facts/Roy_Blunt/lVjFq484">Roy Blunt</a>, Missouri</li><li><a href="/facts/Tom_Cotton/L211dzCg">Tom Cotton</a>, Arkansas</li><li><a href="/facts/John_Cornyn/YHlplyJs">John Cornyn</a>, Texas</li><li><a href="/facts/Ben_Sasse/UjK8NdCq">Ben Sasse</a>, Nebraska</li></ul></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><i>Ex officio</i></th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Jack_Reed_(Rhode_Island_politician)/Iuecrr2u">Jack Reed</a>, Rhode Island</li><li><a href="/facts/Chuck_Schumer/GsrvwB2w">Chuck Schumer</a>, New York</li></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Jim_Inhofe/yjbb9NQ3">Jim Inhofe</a>, Oklahoma</li><li><a href="/facts/Mitch_McConnell/3T3bUkbB">Mitch McConnell</a>, Kentucky</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>116th Congress</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/116th_United_States_Congress/ASItMy1E">116th United States Congress</a></p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Majority</th><th>Minority</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Richard_Burr/VneuvSeB">Richard Burr</a>, North Carolina, <i>Chair</i>(until May 15, 2020)</li><li><a href="/facts/Marco_Rubio/qs8WDBbw">Marco Rubio</a>, Florida, <i>Acting Chair</i>(from May 18, 2020)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></li><li><a href="/facts/Jim_Risch/er2mvaKe">Jim Risch</a>, Idaho</li><li><a href="/facts/Susan_Collins/XQPuQlpf">Susan Collins</a>, Maine</li><li><a href="/facts/Roy_Blunt/lVjFq484">Roy Blunt</a>, Missouri</li><li><a href="/facts/Tom_Cotton/L211dzCg">Tom Cotton</a>, Arkansas</li><li><a href="/facts/John_Cornyn/YHlplyJs">John Cornyn</a>, Texas</li><li><a href="/facts/Ben_Sasse/UjK8NdCq">Ben Sasse</a>, Nebraska</li></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Mark_Warner/xp35M2JJ">Mark Warner</a>, Virginia, <i>Vice Chair</i></li><li><a href="/facts/Dianne_Feinstein/BhruwpEp">Dianne Feinstein</a>, California</li><li><a href="/facts/Ron_Wyden/IctyChLB">Ron Wyden</a>, Oregon</li><li><a href="/facts/Martin_Heinrich/ju0avTtY">Martin Heinrich</a>, New Mexico</li><li><a href="/facts/Angus_King/1GFBvdSn">Angus King</a>, Maine<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></li><li><a href="/facts/Kamala_Harris/hqeaVyFQ">Kamala Harris</a>, California</li><li><a href="/facts/Michael_Bennet/GQUU103a">Michael Bennet</a>, Colorado</li></ul></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><i>Ex officio</i></th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Jim_Inhofe/yjbb9NQ3">Jim Inhofe</a>, Oklahoma</li><li><a href="/facts/Mitch_McConnell/3T3bUkbB">Mitch McConnell</a>, Kentucky</li></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Jack_Reed_(Rhode_Island_politician)/Iuecrr2u">Jack Reed</a>, Rhode Island</li><li><a href="/facts/Chuck_Schumer/GsrvwB2w">Chuck Schumer</a>, New York</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Source: Member list<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> </p> <h3>115th Congress</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/115th_United_States_Congress/UBNnfqGt">115th United States Congress</a></p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Majority</th><th>Minority</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Richard_Burr/VneuvSeB">Richard Burr</a>, North Carolina, <i>Chair</i></li><li><a href="/facts/Jim_Risch/er2mvaKe">Jim Risch</a>, Idaho</li><li><a href="/facts/Marco_Rubio/qs8WDBbw">Marco Rubio</a>, Florida</li><li><a href="/facts/Susan_Collins/XQPuQlpf">Susan Collins</a>, Maine</li><li><a href="/facts/Roy_Blunt/lVjFq484">Roy Blunt</a>, Missouri</li><li><a href="/facts/James_Lankford/SFBa30YB">James Lankford</a>, Oklahoma</li><li><a href="/facts/Tom_Cotton/L211dzCg">Tom Cotton</a>, Arkansas</li><li><a href="/facts/John_Cornyn/YHlplyJs">John Cornyn</a>, Texas</li></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Mark_Warner/xp35M2JJ">Mark Warner</a>, Virginia, <i>Vice Chair</i></li><li><a href="/facts/Dianne_Feinstein/BhruwpEp">Dianne Feinstein</a>, California</li><li><a href="/facts/Ron_Wyden/IctyChLB">Ron Wyden</a>, Oregon</li><li><a href="/facts/Martin_Heinrich/ju0avTtY">Martin Heinrich</a>, New Mexico</li><li><a href="/facts/Angus_King/1GFBvdSn">Angus King</a>, Maine<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></li><li><a href="/facts/Joe_Manchin/cAWqcPkI">Joe Manchin</a>, West Virginia</li><li><a href="/facts/Kamala_Harris/hqeaVyFQ">Kamala Harris</a>, California</li></ul></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2"><i>Ex officio</i></th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Jim_Inhofe/yjbb9NQ3">Jim Inhofe</a>, Oklahoma (from September 6, 2018)</li><li><a href="/facts/John_McCain/faE5g7r7">John McCain</a>, Arizona (until August 25, 2018)</li><li><a href="/facts/Mitch_McConnell/3T3bUkbB">Mitch McConnell</a>, Kentucky</li></ul></td><td><ul><li><a href="/facts/Jack_Reed_(Rhode_Island_politician)/Iuecrr2u">Jack Reed</a>, Rhode Island</li><li><a href="/facts/Chuck_Schumer/GsrvwB2w">Chuck Schumer</a>, New York</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Source: Member List<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="chairs">Chairs</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Nº</th><th colspan="2">Chair</th><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>State</th><th>Term</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Daniel_Inouye/w7yEG4BG">Daniel Inouye</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(United_States)/MNe3nDrL">Democratic</a></td><td>Hawaii</td><td>1976–1979</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Birch_Bayh/20xqLhpT">Birch Bayh</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(United_States)/MNe3nDrL">Democratic</a></td><td>Indiana</td><td>1979–1981</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Barry_Goldwater/DGhULzfw">Barry Goldwater</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Republican_Party_(United_States)/XXM1EVPr">Republican</a></td><td>Arizona</td><td>1981–1985</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/David_Durenberger/t2jhx5Hz">David Durenberger</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Republican_Party_(United_States)/XXM1EVPr">Republican</a></td><td>Minnesota</td><td>1985–1987</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/David_Boren/2aAKSzJ0">David Boren</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(United_States)/MNe3nDrL">Democratic</a></td><td>Oklahoma</td><td>1987–1993</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Dennis_DeConcini/lH0sHzAc">Dennis DeConcini</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(United_States)/MNe3nDrL">Democratic</a></td><td>Arizona</td><td>1993–1995</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Arlen_Specter/GxUBCLII">Arlen Specter</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Republican_Party_(United_States)/XXM1EVPr">Republican</a></td><td>Pennsylvania</td><td>1995–1997</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Richard_Shelby/S293lrBm">Richard Shelby</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Republican_Party_(United_States)/XXM1EVPr">Republican</a></td><td>Alabama</td><td>1997–2001</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Bob_Graham/wzIAagry">Bob Graham</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(United_States)/MNe3nDrL">Democratic</a></td><td>Florida</td><td>2001</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Richard_Shelby/S293lrBm">Richard Shelby</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Republican_Party_(United_States)/XXM1EVPr">Republican</a></td><td>Alabama</td><td>2001</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Bob_Graham/wzIAagry">Bob Graham</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(United_States)/MNe3nDrL">Democratic</a></td><td>Florida</td><td>2001–2003</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Pat_Roberts/mlLLwTd3">Pat Roberts</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Republican_Party_(United_States)/XXM1EVPr">Republican</a></td><td>Kansas</td><td>2003–2007</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Jay_Rockefeller/fbM7jDqU">Jay Rockefeller</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(United_States)/MNe3nDrL">Democratic</a></td><td>West Virginia</td><td>2007–2009</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Dianne_Feinstein/BhruwpEp">Dianne Feinstein</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(United_States)/MNe3nDrL">Democratic</a></td><td>California</td><td>2009–2015</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Richard_Burr/VneuvSeB">Richard Burr</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Republican_Party_(United_States)/XXM1EVPr">Republican</a></td><td>North Carolina</td><td>2015–2020</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Marco_Rubio/qs8WDBbw">Marco Rubio</a><p>Acting</p></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Republican_Party_(United_States)/XXM1EVPr">Republican</a></td><td>Florida</td><td>2020–2021</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Mark_Warner/xp35M2JJ">Mark Warner</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(United_States)/MNe3nDrL">Democratic</a></td><td>Virginia</td><td>2021–2025</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Tom_Cotton/L211dzCg">Tom Cotton</a></td><td> </td><td><a href="/facts/Republican_Party_(United_States)/XXM1EVPr">Republican</a></td><td>Arkansas</td><td>2025–present</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="staff-directors">Staff directors</h2> <ul><li>Christopher Joyner, 2015–2022</li> <li>David Grannis, 2009–2014</li> <li>Andy Johnson, 2004–2008</li> <li>Alfred Cumming, 2000–2003</li> <li><a href="/facts/George_Tenet/m5flp4Tz">George Tenet</a>, 1989–1993</li> <li>Nicholas Rostow, 1999-2000</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Senate_Intelligence_Committee_report_on_CIA_torture/56gmEJl0">Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/James_R._Clapper/38uWy9K3">James R. Clapper § Testimony to Congress on NSA surveillance programs, 2013</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_current_United_States_Senate_committees/rG81K7yM">List of current United States Senate committees</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_States_House_Permanent_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence/RzEguBdu">United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Armed_Services/SU9hJyob">United States Senate Committee on Armed Services</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Report_(2019_film)/QVaXHNTH">The Report (2019 film)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://intelligence.senate.gov/">U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Official Website</a> <ul><li><a href="http://intelligence.senate.gov/pubcurrent.html">Committee Publications</a></li> <li><a href="http://intelligence.senate.gov/hearings.cfm">Committee Hearing Schedule & Archive</a></li> <li><a href="http://intelligence.senate.gov/press/releases.cfm?year=2009&congress=111&y1=2009&y2=2010">Committee Press Releases</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110812141614/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cdirectory/browse.html">US GPO Congressional Directory</a> includes information on past members</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSDweUbGBow">Video (92:50): U.S. Congressional Hearing on UFO/UAP (May 17, 2022)</a> on <a href="/facts/YouTube_video_(identifier)/db276jst">YouTube</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Snider, L. 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