Archives and research center. He discusses the Committee Findings related to political assassinations. The Church Committee investigated abuses by u. S. Intelligence agencies from the 1950s through wear the gate. This was recorded in 2013 at due cane university at an International Symposium to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of john f. Kennedy. The discussion ran 50 minutes. Hello. My talk is going to be a little bit different. I want to start with kind of a History Lesson that took hopefully will show some of the context of what were talking about. I not directly about the kennedy assassination, although ill be moving into that as well. I apologize if some of this is familiar ground. Okay. I would like to start by painting a picture of a time. Imagine this, if you will. Wiretapping and spying on americans, and even targeting a foreign adversary for assassination. Wait, im describing 2013. P not just liberal institutions and democratic leaders, but also on the other side
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Moving into that as well. I apologize if some of this is familiar ground. Okay. I would like to start by painting a picture of a time. Imagine this, if you will. Wiretapping and spying on americans, and even targeting a foreign adversary for assassination. Wait, im describing 2013. P not just liberal institutions and democratic leaders, but also on the other side. For example, in 1971 nixon discovered maybe yomen and Charles Bradford had been stealing documents from henry kissinger. Secretary of state. Anyway, nixons resignation in 1974 was followed by a heavily democratic socalled reform congress. Some of the names that we recognize. Henry waxman, tom hartman, and Patrick Leahy were elected in that congress. They immediately voted funding restrictions on the vietnam war which nixon had been succeeded by former Warren Commissioner gerald ford who along with his chief of staff Donald Rumsfeld feld and his aide dick cheney wasnt on quite the same page as the congress. Ford was not in a p
Report claiming two men attacked him last month. Police hope that he will turn position in. Right now they dont know where he is. A class four felony carry as prison sentence of 1 to 3 years. The actor himself has insisted he did not stage any attack. Who the [ bleep ] would make Something Like this up or add something to it or whatever it may be. I cant even im an advocate. Assuming he is in custody, a bail hearing would be expected today. Nick watt outside Chicago Police headquarters with more. Reporter Jussie Smollett has gone from victim to suspect and now he faces a felony charge. A class 4 felony, Disorderly Conduct for filing a false Police Report. The empire actor of course claimed that he was attacked in the early hours of january 29th on a cold frigid morning here in chicago by two men who threw racial ande home phonetic epitaphs at hick and poured an unnoin chemical on him. Two men were questioned and released. Law enforcement sources told us saturday that they believe Jussi
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