Watergate the United States senate created a special committee. They had a long official title. The Senate Select committee to sfud di governmental operations with respect to intelligence activities and took on the nickname of the chairman, frank church and it was known as the Church Committee. The committee met for 16 months, reviewed 10,000 documents, called 800 witnesses before the committee and the staff. The legacy includes it creation of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee providing ongoing oversight of the intelligence agencies and the creation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 which we know as fisa. They were held in the Historic Senate caucus room scene of the hearings two years earlier. We go to meet kate scott, who explains how and why the Church Committee came about and sets the stage for september 16, 1975 hearing with cia director, William Colby. The Church Committee was created in january of 1975 by the senate. In response to a series of revelatio
Frank church. It is thus known as the Church Committee. They met for 16 months, reviewing more than 10,000 documents and calling 800 witnesses in front of the committee. Legacyacy its a provided ongoing oversight of intelligence agencies and the creation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and the Church Committee hearings were heard in the oom. Us rim r next we meet kate scott who explained how and why the Church Committee came about and sets the stage for 1975 hearings with the cia director, William Colby. The Church Committee was created in january of 1975 by the senate. In response series of revelations and allegations about Domestic Intelligence abuses in the u. S. And the senate created the committee by an overwhelming 824, to, 82or establish a committee that would examine the abuses of intelligence agencies and maybe how they were violating constitutional protections. The Church Committee, to understand the context of the committee, you need to go back to 1970,
Welcome to reel america. 40 years ago in the wake of watergate, the u. S. Senate created a special committee to look into the activities of u. S. Intelligence services. They had a long title, the Senate Select committee to study governmental operations with respect to intelligence activities and it quickly took on the name of its chairman, frank church. It is thus known as the Church Committee. They met for 16 months, reviewing more than 10,000 documents and calling 800 witnesses in front of the committee. His legacy its a legacy provided ongoing oversight of intelligence agencies and the creation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and the Church Committee hearings were heard in the caucus rim room. Next we meet kate scott who explained how and why the Church Committee came about and sets the stage for 1975 hearings with the cia director, William Colby. The Church Committee was created in january of 1975 by the senate. In response series of revelations and allegation
Campaign ads from richard nixon, and kennedy. Beginning at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3. Now the Church Committee 40 years later. 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, they created a special committee to called the Senate Committee to study governmental operations with respect oo to operationoperatio. It was best known to history as the Church Committee. They met for 16 months. Reviewed more than 10,000 documents. Called 800 witnesses before the committee and its staff. The legacy includes the creation of the Senate Intelligence committee, providing ongoing oversight and the creation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which we know as fisa. The Church Committees public hearings were held in the Historic Senate caucus room seen in the watergate hearings only two years earlier. And we go to meet scott, hist historian of the senate and set the stage for the 1975 hear
With respect to intelligence activities and took on the nickname of the chairman, frank church and it was known as the Church Committee. The committee met for 16 months, reviewed 10,000 documents, called 800 witnesses before the committee and the staff. The legacy includes it creation of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee providing ongoing oversight of the intelligence agencies and the creation of the foreign intelligence surveilness act of 1978 fisa. They were held in the Historic Senate caucus room scene of the hearings two years earlier. We go to meet kate scott, who explains how and why the Church Committee came about and sets the stage for september 16, 1975 hearing with cia director, William Colby. The Church Committee was created in january of 1975 by the senate. In response to a series of revelations and allegations about Domestic Intelligence abuses in the United States, and the senate created this committee by an overwhelming bipartisan majority, a vote of 824, to estab