Schwartz who was the committees chief counsel. And here in our studio in washington is Elliot Maxwell who was counsel to the committee as Pennsylvania Republican senator richard swiekers designee. Thanks to both of you. In this our third installment in this series were looking into the Church Committees hearing on possible excesses by the federal bureau of investigation. Rich schwartz former chief counsel for the Church Committee, on november 18, 1975, you testified before the Senate Committee to share the staffs findings in an investigation of fbi intelligence activities. Were good to show a clip of you reading anonymous letter that the fbi sent to Martin Luther king. Lets watch. The bureau went so far as to mail anonymous letters to dr. King and his wife which were mailed shortly before he he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and finishes with this suggestion. King, there is only one thing left for you to do. You know what it is. You have just 34 days in which to do it. This exact nu
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
The minami show ends im on a plane to havana to investigate this travesty. Ill scout every rum distillery and i dont care how many 1957 chevys i have to buy for 250 until the job is done i will not rest except in a hammock. Good morning, everybody, its thursday, december 18th. Welcome to morning joe. With us on set we have msnbc contributor mike barnacle, the president on council of Foreign Affairs richard haas and Thomas Roberts from way too early. Well get to the big story about cuba in a moment. We have the president of the American Conservative Union joining us. He was born in cuba. Hell be joining us from miami in a few minutes. A lot to get to. Well begin with sony, which has cancelled plans to release the interview on Christmas Day. Theres no plans to release the video on demand or on dvd. The controversial movie is now nowhere to be found on Sony Pictures website. The announcement came hours after the nations five largest movie chains including regal and amc decided not to show
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