The Church Committee was an investigation conducted by the United States Congress in the 1970s that looked into various intelligence activities of the US government. During the Cold War, the investigation resulted from growing concerns about civil liberties abuses and constitutional violations by intelligence agencies, especially the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). The Church Committee was named after its chairman, Senator Frank Church, a Democrat from Idaho and established in 1975 and operated for almost two years, during which it produced...…The Church Committee was an investigation conducted by the United States Congress in the 1970s that looked into various intelligence activities of the US government. During the Cold War, the investigation resulted from growing concerns about civil liberties abuses and constitutional violations by intelligence agencies, especially the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). The Church Committee was named after its chairman, Senator Frank Church, a Democrat from Idaho and established in 1975 and operated for almost two years, during which it produced...WW…

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