Thelegacy in includes creation of the senate. 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. 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 possible hearings on Illicit Activity of the fbi. To share the staff findings on these activities. Were going to see a clip of you reading an anonymous letter to Martin Luther king. The bureau went so far as to mail anonymous letters to dr. King and his wife. They were mailed shortly before he was awarded the nobel peace prize. It finishes with this suggestion. There is only one thing left for you to do. You have just 34 days in which to do it. Host give us some context for what we just saw. Why were they looking into the activities of Martin Luther king
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
10 days alone. South africa votes in local elections today. Those are being seen as a test for the controversial president jacob zuma and the ruling party. We will start in syria, where rebels and activists are accusing the government of using toxic gas on civilians. , dozens ofear aleppo cases of breathing difficulty have been reported. The Syrian Government is accusing a terrorist group of another gas attack that killed five in aleppo. This comes one year after the Un Security Council established a deadline to find out who was behind previous gas attacks in syria, a deadline that runs out next week. This footage appears to show patients in a hospital just south of aleppo struggling to breathe. Victims, rebels in the country say it was a chemical weapons attack by the Syrian Government, claims rejected outright by damascus. Washington says it cannot currently independently verify the allegations, but it takes them seriously. We have long expressed our condemnation of chemical weapons
Mismanagement, many are turning ofir backs on the part Nelson Mandela as the country holds elections. We begin with the latest on Donald Trumps extraordinary the white house. The republican nominee has publicly refused to endorse two his own party in their reelection bids. Heels of at on the public spat with the parents of a dead american soldier. Asked aso recently mother to remove a crying baby rallies. Of his today, the Hewlett Packard c. E. O. And veteran fundraiser meg whitman called trump a demagogue and said she would vote for Hillary Clinton instead. Since the weekend, trump has been under fire for his comments on the family of a muslim army killed in iraq. On tuesday, president president in on the debate. President obama the fact that basicsnt appear to have issuesge around critical east,ope, in the middle in asia, means that hes woefully unprepared to do this job. Reporter the republican nominee whats become his usual fashion, immediately and superlatives. Mr. Trump hes a ter