Presidents and cabinet officials are legally required to keep Congress "fully and currently informed" of intelligence activities under the Intelligence Oversight Act of 1980. But the executive branch has historically differentiated between what is shared in classified settings — like Senate Armed Services Committee briefings — and what is communicated in political settings like party retreats. When the classified picture diverges from the political message, selective disclosure becomes a tool for managing congressional support rather than fulfilling transparency obligations. Courts have been reluctant to enforce congressional intelligence rights directly, leaving oversight dependent on members who have clearances and the willingness to speak publicly about classified disclosures.