Brief
Gang of Eight
The claims the writer was given for Gang of Eight, in the order they were given.
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A Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Program (WUSAP) means the Secretary of Defense has waived all normal oversight laws and reporting procedures, and its existence is concealed and overseen only by the so-called Gang of Eight in Congress.
“A WUSAP means the Secretary of Defence has waived all the normal oversight laws and reporting procedures; not only is its very existence concealed, it is only overseen by the so-called Gang of Eight in Congress.”
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2
The Gang of Eight includes the chair and vice-chair of the House Intelligence Armed Services Committee, the Senate Majority and Minority leaders, and a bipartisan elected group allowed to review Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Programs.
“This includes the chair and vice-chair of the House Intelligence Armed Services Committee, the Senate Majority and Minority leaders, and a bipartisan elected group allowed to review WUSAPs.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:11946-12128 administrative
3
Harry Reid was for years one of the so-called 'Gang of Eight', entitled to be briefed on highly classified intelligence matters including Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Programs (WUSAPs).
“Having served as both a Senate Minority and Majority leader, Reid was for years one of the so-called 'Gang of Eight', entitled to be briefed into highly classified intelligence matters including Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Programs.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch17:1357-1589 administrative
4
Harry Reid was a former member of the United States Congress' Gang of Eight Special Access Program oversight group.
“a former member of the Congress’ Gang of Eight SAP oversight group”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch17:22355-22416 administrative
5
As a member of the Gang of Eight in the United States Congress, Barry Goldwater was cleared to know America's most sensitive secrets.
“As a member of the so-called Gang of Eight in Congress, he was cleared to know America's most sensitive secrets.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch27:19338-19442 administrative
6
Congressman Jim Hines is a Gang of Eight member and a Democrat from Connecticut.
“Gang of Eight member, Congressman Jim Hines, a Democrat from Connecticut, was given an impressive grilling by Stephen Colbert on his CBS *The Late Show*.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch29:26843-26990 administrative
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If a UAP reverse-engineering program were authorised and overseen solely by Congress's so-called Gang of Eight as a Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Program (WUSAP), it would be required to stay secret under the National Defense Authorization Act 2023's UAP provisions.
“so long as it was 'authorised', perhaps by being oversighted solely by the Congress' so-called Gang of Eight as a WUSAP, it would be required to stay secret under these laws.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch30:16075-16244 opinion first hand
8
Before 2021 many members of the United States Congress, including members of the Gang of Eight, were genuinely unaware of UAP programmes.
“I would say that a lot of the people in Congress were genuinely oblivious, including, I can say this, members of the Gang of Eight.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:32:45.9-00:32:53.5 opinion first hand
9
Ross Coulthart used contacts from earlier stories to gain access to two members of the Gang of Eight during the period before 2021.
“And I pulled rank with a few people I knew from other stories I'd done to get access to two members of the Gang of Eight in that period.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:32:54.8-00:33:05.3 testimony first hand
10
The Gang of Eight is a group of senior politicians from both sides of politics, including the Senate Majority Leader and the House Majority Leader, entrusted to review the most sensitive secrets in the oversight committees.
“the Gang of Eight, as you would know, is a group of senior politicians, the Senate Majority Leader, the House Majority Leader, senior people, both sides of politics, who are entrusted to review in the oversight committees the most sensitive secrets of all”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:33:06.5-00:33:24.7 administrative first hand
11
Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Programs and Unacknowledged Special Access Programs are generally put before the Gang of Eight, so that congressional oversight nominally remains.
“They are generally put before the Gang of Eight. And it means that there's still congressional oversight.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:34:19.2-00:34:25.2 administrative first hand
12
Ross Coulthart considers congressional oversight of Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Programs through the Gang of Eight not to work in practice, with information still held back by the CIA and the defence community.
“And that, frankly, doesn't really work in practice. And there's still, I think, holding back of information. ... By the CIA, by the defense community, because they don't trust.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:34:33.7-00:34:44.6 opinion first hand
13
Ross Coulthart considers that certain but not all members of the Gang of Eight have been read into the UFO programme in the period since 2021.
“And I think what's happened in the interim is certain members of the Gang of Eight, not all of them, have been read in. They've been told.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:35:52.7-00:36:03.2 opinion first hand
14
Ross Coulthart knows from one of his own sources what an unnamed United States senator and member of the Gang of Eight was told about the UFO programme about a year before February 2026, and considers that the senator has since lied to the public about it.
“I had an incident when I was doing some research a year ago, and I know what a certain senator was told by a source of mine, and I know he has lied to the public about what he's been told. And it's quite galling to me because he's clearly made a decision as a member of the Gang of Eight to completely mislead.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:38:19.4-00:38:41.5 testimony second hand