Gang of Eight.

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Eight congressional leaders who alone receive notice of waived SAPs; the documented oversight carve-out.

The Gang of Eight comprises the majority and minority leaders of both chambers plus the chairs and ranking members of the intelligence committees (sources differ on armed-services/appropriations). For waived SAPs they are the sole legislative-branch recipients of notice, sometimes only orally. Critics argue vague briefings make real oversight difficult.

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HYPOTHESIS: covert funding & oversight-gap lattice.Waived Unacknowledged SAP (USAP).