It appears the U.S. Air Force is highly selective on who in Congress it gives information to.
It has also established a policy to govern how it relates to select member of Congress.
Many members of Congress, including those who sit on defense committees assume they are being given total access to information. In reality the Air force commonly restricts information to members of Congress, including those who sit on the select permanent intelligence committees.
Question: How do you exercise overight of classified programs if you are not allowed to know exists?
Good question. And that doesn't even include Unacknowledged Special Access Programs (USAPs). To read more, click here.