![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Church chaired a committee in 1975 that sought to reign in the CIA and impose laws and rules for their conduct. national security apparatus that some of the CIA’s crimes and abuses came into public view. presidents - orchestrated coups against popular democratic governments from Guatemala to Iran and spied on anti-war activists and Black Power leaders inside the U.S. It was not until the Democratic Sen. Frank Church decided to take on this unaccountable, powerful, covert force within the U.S. This week on Intercepted, Jeremy Scahill is joined by James Risen and Thomas Risen to discuss how the CIA - without oversight from Congress and at times behind the backs of U.S. intelligence agencies’ lawless and secret efforts to spy on and plan assassination plots. Nearly 50 years ago, the Church Committee began holding hearings to investigate the CIA and U.S. ![]()
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