Beverly so, we will go ahead and get started since the moment has arrived. Others may trickle in from lunch, but thank you and welcome here to this panel on the Church Committee at 40. My name is beverly gage. I am a history professor at yale. And i will be up here mostly timekeeping and asking some questions. Before i introduce the panelists, i just wanted to say a few words about the genesis of this panel, the idea behind it and some of the issues i hope we are going to be able to address. So this year, 2015, marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most important congressional committees certainly of the 1970s. And i think arguably of the latter half of the 20th century and that was the Church Committee. The Church Committee which was chaired by Senator Frank Church began its work in the spring of 1975. And for the 16 months between the spring of 1975 and when they delivered 14 volumes of reports in 1976, the Church Committee held hearings, performed investigations, dug into Backgro
Historians hosted this 90minute discussion at their annual meeting in st. Louis. We will go ahead and get started since the moment has arrived and others may trickle in after lunch. My name is beverly gage. Im a history professor at gail and i will be here mostly chairing and timekeeping and asking some questions, but before i introduce the panelists , i just wanted to say a few words about the genesis of this panel, the idea behind it, and some of the issues i hope we will be able to address. This year, 2015, marks the audience anniversary of one of the most important congressional committees, certainly, of the 1970s, and i think arguably of the latter half of the 20th century, and that was the Church Committee. The Church Committee was chaired by idaho Senator Frank Church and the committee began its work in the spring of 1975, and the Church Committee held hearings performed investigations, dug into Background Materials on the American Intelligence Services this was the first mass s
A few words about the genesis of this panel, the idea behind it and some of the issues i hope we are going to be able to address. So this year, 2015, marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most important congressional committees certainly of the 1970s. And i think arguably of the latter half of the 20th century and that was the Church Committee. The Church Committee which was chaired by frank church began its work in the spring of 1975. And for the 16 months between the spring of 1975 and when they delivered a 14 volumes report in 1976 the Church Committee held hearings, performed investigations dug into Background Materials on the american Intelligence Services. And this was really the first mass scale investigation of what had been going on in american intelligence practices in the past 30 years, but arguably back even further than that. The Church Committee held hearings investigating the fbi and the cia, in particular, but also the nsa military intelligence and some of the smalle
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Ratings high. Expected it then. Companies expect it now. Doing right, its just good business. Union bank. And now, bbc world news america. This is bbc world news america. The protest in ukraine spreads beyond the capital. The government and rebels find a ceasefire in south sudan, but are they really ready to lay down their arms . More than 40 years after ping relations, is it time for diplomacy . Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. Today antigovernment protests that had been focused on the ukraine capital spread to three other cities. Demonstrators stormed government buildings. The u. S. Vice President Joe Biden called president yanukovych, urging him to in the standoff, warning if not, there would be consequences. This evening, ukraine held its breath. The police on the front line cap their formation, but without danger. Of savage riots, there was a truce, while opposition leaders held talks with the president. It is an uneasy peace. The b