William Proxmire person
also: Clark, Proxmire, P-R-O-X-M-I-R-E, Senator Clark, Senator Proxmire, Senator ScirwEIIS1:R, Senator William Proxmire, Sen Proxmire
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William Proxmire proposed
United States government reported
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“As Senator Proxmire noted publication of the aggregate budget for national intelligence might also have the effect of deterring potential adversaries by showing that the United States Government continues to spend sizeable amounts on intell…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.383
William Proxmire met_with
Elliot Richardson documented
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“Senator ScirwEIIS1:R I would like to insert into the record a statement provided to me by the FBI which is the Bureau's explanation of the provision in the present manual that I have been referring to…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.128
William Proxmire exposed
CIA documented
“Seymour Hearst 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 Wil…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government #9 b @ 42:05
William Proxmire proposed
CIA book_quoted
“has pegged the number of employees in the federal intelligence community at the time, in the 70s, at 148,000 people. And from its ranks, the troops for the private intelligence agencies are recruited. The author thinks that Proxmire's numbe…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Spooks Part 1 @ 35:09
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▶ 13:48
Clark took a hand and proposed permanent legislation. It would be reported out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously. Highly unusual. It passed by a large majority in both houses of Congress, and in mid-1976, the Clark Amend…
▶ 14:18
Afterwards, the CIA director went to Senator Clark with a proposal to funnel the rebel weapons through France. Not to not do it, but to use a proxy. Clark would have none of it, and the episode embarrassed President Carter, who publicly cla…
▶ 34:38
Obviously, laws are broken, scams are set up, bag jobs happen, bribes happen, wiretaps, mostly illegal, deception operations, industrial espionage, tax fraud, even assassination programs. He then mentions that Senator William Proxmire…
▶ 35:09
has pegged the number of employees in the federal intelligence community at the time, in the 70s, at 148,000 people. And from its ranks, the troops for the private intelligence agencies are recruited. The author thinks that Proxmire's numbe…
▶ 42:05
Seymour Hearst 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 Wil…