Schwartz who was the committees chief counsel. And here in our studio in washington is Elliot Maxwell who was counsel to the committee as Pennsylvania Republican senator richard swiekers designee. Thanks to both of you. In this our third installment in this series were looking into the Church Committees hearing on possible excesses by the federal bureau of investigation. Rich schwartz former chief counsel for the Church Committee, on november 18, 1975, you testified before the Senate Committee to share the staffs findings in an investigation of fbi intelligence activities. Were good to show a clip of you reading anonymous letter that the fbi sent to Martin Luther king. Lets watch. The bureau went so far as to mail anonymous letters to dr. King and his wife which were mailed shortly before he he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and finishes with this suggestion. King, there is only one thing left for you to do. You know what it is. You have just 34 days in which to do it. This exact nu
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There i am in the back of the johnson signed the Voting Rights act of 1965. I had a better seat than i did for the Martin Luther king speech. One more antidote you might be anecdote you might be interested in, in 2008, i was in the rotunda, we were celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the birth of lbj and i met lucy johnson who i had never met before. On thelucy, i was here day your dad signed the Voting Rights act. She said i was, too. Nobody knew i was here, but im sure everyone knew you were here. She said her dad said , on, get in the car. I will take you to the capital, this is something important. Oh he explained to her that every person was be right beside while he signed the bill and she said why would you want to have a republican there . He said it was important that the American People understood this was not on a bipartisan basis of the American People would be like much more likely to accept what we are doing if they think both sides are involved. That was the story lu
Only on cspan3. Welcome to real america, 40 years ago in the wake of watergate the United States senate created a commission to look into the u. S. Intelligence service. It is known as the Senate Select committee. It is best done as the Church Committee. The committee met for 60 months reviewing more than 10,000 documents and calling 800 witnesses. His legacy in includes the creation of the senate. Select intelligence committee. Intelligencegn surveillance act. New requirements for the executive branch to notify congress about his activities rate to go former staffers of the Church Committee are with us to provide context for the 40yearold video you are about to see. From new york, rich swarts. Here in our studio in washington is Elliot Maxwell who was counsel to the committee. Thanks to the both of you. This is our third installment of the series. Were looking at the Church Committee hearings on possible Illicit Activity of the fbi. Rich schwartz, november 18, 1975 you testified befor
Limitations of that investigation 40 years ago. Kate scott, thank you very much. Thanks. Our coverage of the Church Committee 40 years later continues. This is American History tv only on cspan 3. Welcome to real america on cspan 3s American History tv. 40 years ago in the wake of watergate the United States senate created a special committee to look into the activities of the u. S. Intelligence services. The committee officially known as the Senate Select committee to study Government Operations is best known as the Church Committee after its democratic chairman, frank church of idaho. The committee met for 16 months, reviewing more than 10,000 documents and calling more than 800 witnesses. Its legacy includes the creation of the Senate Intelligence committee and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, better known as fisa, and new requirements for the executive branch to notify congress about covert activities. Two former staffers of the committee are with us to provide co