Church Committee Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans
U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · 1976
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Description
Book II of the Church Committee's 1976 final report turns from foreign spying to intelligence work aimed at Americans. The Senate committee, led by Frank Church, spent over a year digging into agency files. What it found at home shocked the country.
The book documents FBI domestic surveillance, the COINTELPRO campaigns against civil rights and antiwar groups, and the opening of mail and tapping of dissenters. It argues that secret agencies, left unchecked, had broken laws and trampled rights. Its call for charters and standing oversight helped set the rules that still govern domestic intelligence work.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1976 |
| COLLECTION | DOCUMENTS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1.2 MB |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | U.S. Government |