On American History tv on c. Fan 3 we are here to review the major findings of our full investigation of fbi Domestic Intelligence including the cohen tell program and other programs aimed at domestic targets. Fbi surveillance of lawabiding citizens and groups, political abuses of fbi intelligence and several specific cases of unjustified intelligence operations. The 1975 Church Committee hearings convened to investigate the intelligence activities of the cia, fbi, irs and the nsa saturday night at 10 00 eastern the commission questioned former associate counsel and staff assistant to president Nixon Tom Charles houston on a plan he plent presented to president nixon using burglary, electronic surveillance and opening of mail. The bureau had undertaken black bag jobs over a number of years up until 1966. It had been successful and valuable, again, particularly in matters involving espionage. And that they felt this, again, w something given the climate they needed to have the authority