Church-Committee

Church Committee begins exposing illegal intelligence activities

1975-01-27 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 6/10

The U.S. Senate voted 82-to-4 on January 27, 1975 to form the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, chaired by Senator Frank Church of Idaho. Created after Seymour Hersh’s December 1974 NYT revelations about CIA assassination attempts, the …

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