Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI)
The U.S. Senate’s primary oversight body for the Intelligence Community. Established in 1976 in the aftermath of the Church Committee. Members receive classified briefings from all IC agencies.
UAP Relevance
- marco-rubio served as Vice Chair during the key 2021–2022 UAP legislative period; called the Intelligence Authorization Act 2023’s whistleblower immunity language “the most consequential [Intelligence Reauthorization] ever offered” (src-liberation-times-uap-hearings-whistleblowers-2022-10)
- stephanie-osullivan is alleged to have been questioned by the committee and misled members — including then-Senator Rubio — by denying any involvement in UAP crash-retrieval programs (src-clapper-osullivan-ufo-retrieval-2026-01)
- The uap-disclosure-act proposed a UAP Records Review Board modeled on the JFK Records Act, with oversight implications for SSCI jurisdiction