Garrison’s witnesses had a bad habit of showing up dead.
The Deep State plays dirty.
Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities
Photo of Frank Church
(The Church Committee)
Resolution passed: Jan 27, 1975
Final report issued: Apr 29, 1976
Chairman: Senator Frank Church (D-ID)
Vice Chairman: Senator John Tower (R-TX)
Committee members:
Senator Howard Baker (R-TN)
Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)
Senator Gary Hart (D-CO)
Senator Philip Hart (D-MI)
Senator Walter Huddleston (D-KY)
Senator Charles Mathias (R-MD)
Senator Walter Mondale (D-MN)
Senator Robert Morgan (D-NC)
Senator Richard Schweiker (R-PA)
Chapter 1: Origins
Chapter 2: Process
Chapter 3: Public Relations
Chapter 4: Investigation
Chapter 5: Outcome
Origins
In 1973 the Senate Watergate Committee investigation revealed that the executive branch had directed national intelligence agencies to carry out constitutionally questionable domestic security operations. In 1974 Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Seymour Hersh published a front-page New York Times article claiming that the CIA had been spying on anti-war activists for more than a decade, violating the agency’s charter. Former CIA officials and some lawmakers, including Senators William Proxmire and Stuart Symington, called for a congressional inquiry....