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Claims (71)
CIA did_business_with
United States Congress documented
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“CIA records note a number of briefings of Congressional committees about covert action in Chile…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.204
Robert Morgan member_of
United States Congress documented
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“Is it satisfactory for the members of the Congress the duly elected representatives of the people to hold such information in trust for the people…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.314
United States Congress investigated
CIA documented
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“While this Committee is charged with the responsibility of investigating and reporting on the misdeeds of the Central Intelligence Agency…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.315
Select Committee worked_for
United States Congress documented
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“The Committee stresses that these questions remain to be decided by the Congress and the executive jointly…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.21
United States Congress founded
National Security Council documented
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“In the 1947 Act Congress created the National Security Council and the CIA giving both of these entities a statutory charter…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.41
United States Congress founded
CIA documented
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“In the 1947 Act Congress created the National Security Council and the CIA giving both of these entities a statutory charter…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.41
United States Congress funded
John F. Kennedy documented
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“In 1793 for example Congress established a procedure for the financing of secret foreign affairs operations It enacted a statute providing for expenses of intercourse or treaty with foreign nations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.43
Franklin D. Roosevelt worked_for
United States Congress documented
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“After President Franklin D Roosevelt proclaimed an embargo the Curtiss-Wright Corporation indicted for violating the embargo challenged the congressional resolution and the President's proclamation claiming Congress had made an improper del…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.43
United States Congress funded
CIA documented
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“the President in effect authorized the CIA to secretly direct and finance the military invasion of a foreign country…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.45
James Madison proposed
United States Congress documented
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“As James Madison declared Congress power to declare war includes the 'power of judging the causes of war.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.45
Alexander Hamilton proposed
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“This view was also affirmed by Hamilton who although a principal exponent of expansive Presidential power wrote that it is the exclusive province of Congress when the nation is at peace to change that state into a state of war it belongs to…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.45
United States Department of Justice proposed
United States Congress documented
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“The 1962 Justice Department memorandum argued that the practice of Presidents in using force to protect American citizens and property abroad was authority for covert action involving armed force.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.45
Senate Foreign Relations Committee proposed
United States Congress documented
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“as the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations noted in 1973 these operations were for 'limited minor or essentially non-political purposes.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.45
Edward Corwin proposed
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“Prior to the Korean War the 'vast majority of such cases Corwin wrote 'involved fights with pirates landings of small naval contingents on barbarous coasts [to protect American citizens] the dispatch of small bodies of troops to chase bandi…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.46
Robert H. Jackson proposed
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“the question of the legal authority for the conduct of foreign intelligence activity in the absence of express statutory authorization can be viewed in the manner set forth by Justice Jackson in the Steel Seizure case He wrote When the Pres…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.46
CIA worked_for
United States Congress documented
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“The DCI then informs the Congress of this "Presidential Finding" in a "timely manner.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.63
United States Congress proposed
Hughes Ryan Amendment documented
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“In December 1974 the Congress passed a set of amendments to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 Section 32 of these amendments which became Section 662 of the 1961 Act and is known as the Hughes Ryan Amendment…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.142
United States Congress proposed
CIA documented
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“The Hughes-Ryan Amendment was cited by the Special Counsel to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency when he appeared before the House Select Committee on Intelligence to argue that Congress has 'both acknowledged and ratified the …”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.143
Howard Hughes proposed
United States Congress documented
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“Senator Hughes stated on the floor that the measure 'provides a temporary arrangement not a permanent one recognizing that a permanent arrangement is in the process of being developed.'…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.143
United States Congress proposed
FBI documented
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“Specific care was taken to prevent the CIA or the Director of Central Intelligence from interfering in any way with the functions of the FBI.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.144
Leverett Saltonstall member_of
United States Congress documented
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“It is not a question of reluctance on the part of CIA officials to speak to us Instead it is a question of our reluctance if you will to seek information and knowledge on subjects which I personally as a member of Congress and as a citizen …”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.157
Richard Russell headed
United States Congress documented
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“For several years Senator Richard Russell was chairman of both subcommittees…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.158
United States Congress funded
National Front for the Liberation of Angola documented
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“In January 1975 the administration decided to provide substantial covert political support to the FNLA faction in Angola.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.159
CIA did_business_with
United States Congress documented
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“Improvement of visibility in the budget of proprietary resources and provision for review of the major proprietaries as a regular part of budget review by CIA OMB and Congressional Committees would seem to preclude most of the dangers of ab…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.262
United States Congress denied
Defense Intelligence Agency documented
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“Such as a new headquarters facility.a request that has been repeatedly denied by the Congress…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.360
United States Congress removed_from_power
CIA documented
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“During the same period apprehensions about having a 'security police' influenced Congress to prohibit the Central Intelligence Agency from exercising law enforcement powers or performing 'internal security' functions…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.55
Federal Bureau of Investigation worked_for
United States Congress documented
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“It has charged the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency with responsibility for intelligence concerning Communist seditious activities against our Government…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.57
Herbert Brownell proposed
United States Congress documented
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“There is pending as you know before the Congress legislation that I have recommended which would permit wiretapping under appropriate safeguards...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.289
United States Congress funded
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
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“The administration's budget request... was revised in Congress to allocate $7.4 million to the FBI...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.440
United States Congress funded
United States Civil Service Commission documented
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“The administration's budget request... was revised in Congress to allocate... only $3 million to the Civil Service Commission.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.440
Mike Mansfield proposed
United States Congress documented
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“In 1955 Senator Mike Mansfield introduced a Resolution for a Joint Oversight Committee…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.58
United States Congress operated_in
United States documented
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“Within the Congress a handful of committee members passed on the Agency's budget…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.99
John Adams met_with
United States Congress documented
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“he informed Congress of the clandoctine effort and submitted the XYZ correspondence to the Legislature for inspection and public disclosure…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.22
United States Congress founded
Alien and Sedition Acts documented
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“These consisted of four statutes enacted by Congress in June and July of 1798…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.22
United States Congress founded
United States Department of the Treasury documented
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“Congress authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint three revenue agents to aid in the prevention detection and punishment of frauds upon the revenue…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.47
United States Congress targeted_for_regime_change
CIA documented
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“And you say from time to time efforts are made in Congress to institute investigations of intelligence activity or establish a joint congressional committee on foreign intelligence…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.91
United States Congress targeted_for_regime_change
National Security Council documented
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“The NSC came under attack also for certain failures on their part…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.91
United States Congress targeted_for_regime_change
Bay of Pigs Invasion documented
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“I think the context at that time had to do with efforts that were being made in some areas by some members of the Congress to bring the Bay of Pigs into such focus that it brought it into the political arena in the United States…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.91
Gordon Humphrey member_of
United States Congress documented
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“Senator HARTof Colorado Well in that connection I again with my colleagues would like to open this question up to all the members of the panel…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.92
United States Congress met_with
CIA documented
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“Prior to 1973 there were twenty meetings between Congressional committees and the CIA regarding Chile…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.200
United States Senate proposed
United States Congress documented
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“Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of Americain Congressassembled…”
source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.303
General Intelligence Division reported
United States Congress documented
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“The GID assured Congress that Mr Hoover had a group of experts 'especially trained for the purpose.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.106
United States Congress funded
Office of Strategic Services documented
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“Donovan was the first man to whom Congress made a grant of twenty-five million dollars without requiring an accounting…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.161
John Mathias proposed
United States Congress documented
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“when Senator Mansfield and I introduced the legislation which has resulted in this investigation…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 1: Unauthorized Storage of Toxic Agents · p.34
Mike Mansfield proposed
United States Congress documented
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“when Senator Mansfield and I introduced the legislation which has resulted in this investigation…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 1: Unauthorized Storage of Toxic Agents · p.34
W. Marvin Gronouski worked_for
United States Congress documented
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“you were permitted to represent something to the Congress which you then thought to be the truth…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.59
United States Congress proposed
CIA Mail Opening Program documented
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“The Congress passed a law which said that if you were the recipient of some open non-first-class publication mail from a Communist country the Post Office couldn't deliver it to you unless first you sent in a card saying you wanted it…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.68
United States Congress funded
NSA documented
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“In 1959 the Congress enacted Public Law 86 36 which provides authority to enable the NSA... to function…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.11
United States Congress proposed
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act documented
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“In 1968 Congress passed the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.92
Elliot Richardson worked_for
United States Congress documented
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“Senator Mathias... I comply with the instruction of the Chair to withhold questions for the moment but I was one of those urging the invitation of the Attorney General to the session…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.114
United States Congress proposed
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
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“And because of that there is a very important need to sit down and redefine the guidelines and have those guidelines known specifically by all so that the FBI can know precisely what it can do and what it cannot do…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.90
Ramsey Clark worked_for
United States Congress documented
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“both Mr Katzenbach and I were deeply involved in the formulation of the existing basic statute that exists today…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.232
Nicholas Katzenbach worked_for
United States Congress documented
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“both Mr Katzenbach and I were deeply involved in the formulation of the existing basic statute that exists today…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.232
United States Congress investigated
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
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“that the Congress finally decided that the time had come to investigate the FBI the CIA and these other highly prestigious agencies…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.288
United States Congress investigated
CIA documented
document
“that the Congress finally decided that the time had come to investigate the FBI the CIA and these other highly prestigious agencies…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.288
U.S. Department of Justice did_business_with
United States Congress documented
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“The committee's work in this area has been aided substantially by the cooperation of the Justice Department…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.322
Philip Kurland proposed
United States Congress documented
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“Consequently Professor Kurland and others have urged that we establish procedures which require the Executive to provide this information to the Congress…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.322
United States Congress founded
Subversive Activities Board documented
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“After all the Congress set up I think a Subversive Activities Board did you not…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.332
Elliot Richardson worked_for
United States Congress documented
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“Attorney General LEVI Well one can try What we did was as I say to provide a very tough and maybe too tough standard because it is specific And articulable facts giving reason to believe that an individual is engaged in activities described…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.336
Philip Hart member_of
United States Congress documented
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“Senator HART of Michigan Well it may be unconstitutional to require the elections commission to come in and tell us what they pro pose to do to implement the rules of criminal procedure…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.350
James P. McInerney proposed
United States Congress reported
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“appropriate provisions for its repeal will be introduced in Congress along with the proposed joint resolution…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.431
United States Congress founded
Office of Attorney General of the United States documented
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“OnSeptember24 1789 the OfficeofAttorney General of the UnitedStates was created by Actof Congress…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.558
United States Congress funded
Office of Attorney General of the United States documented
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“in that year Congress appropriated 50.000for the use of the AttorneyGeneral…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.558
United States Congress funded
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
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“Hoover responded by informing the President that money had been appropriated by Congress under the Appropriations Act…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.571
United States Congress funded
United States documented
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“they have transpired under imprecise congressional mandates haphazard congressional oversight and with moneys provided by the Congress…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.28
Frank Church member_of
United States Congress documented
“B-52 bombers took place on the night of February 17th and 18th. More followed, yet Vang Pao relinquished his last position on the plane of jars. Strikes by the B-52 were enough in Kissinger's mind, quote, to trigger the domestic outcry, unq…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31A @ 54:33
Mike Mansfield member_of
United States Congress documented
“B-52 bombers took place on the night of February 17th and 18th. More followed, yet Vang Pao relinquished his last position on the plane of jars. Strikes by the B-52 were enough in Kissinger's mind, quote, to trigger the domestic outcry, unq…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31A @ 54:33
Eugene McCarthy member_of
United States Congress documented
“B-52 bombers took place on the night of February 17th and 18th. More followed, yet Vang Pao relinquished his last position on the plane of jars. Strikes by the B-52 were enough in Kissinger's mind, quote, to trigger the domestic outcry, unq…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31A @ 54:33
Charles Percy member_of
United States Congress documented
“Symington with Mansfield and Charles Mattias, Albert Gore, John Sherman Cooper, and Charles Percy were demanding a forward release of the Laos hearings transcripts. Within hours, the Laos war was secret no more. The story broke at Long Tien…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31A @ 55:02
Charles Mathias member_of
United States Congress documented
“Symington with Mansfield and Charles Mattias, Albert Gore, John Sherman Cooper, and Charles Percy were demanding a forward release of the Laos hearings transcripts. Within hours, the Laos war was secret no more. The story broke at Long Tien…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31A @ 55:02
John Sherman Cooper member_of
United States Congress documented
“Symington with Mansfield and Charles Mattias, Albert Gore, John Sherman Cooper, and Charles Percy were demanding a forward release of the Laos hearings transcripts. Within hours, the Laos war was secret no more. The story broke at Long Tien…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31A @ 55:02
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During the Cuban Missile Crisis, stationed in Miami. So he's part of that. Gets out of the CIA and decides to run for Congress from Florida. And he was there from 1997 to 2004. And he sat as the chair of the House Intelligence Committee for…