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The Church Committee of the 1970s, despite its partly leftist pedigree, exposed some of the machinations of what is now called the "Deep State."
Anew select committee in the House of Representatives, led by Representative Jim Jordan (R-Oliio), was created for the purpose of investigating the "weaponization" of U.S. intelligence agencies for the benefit of the Democratic Party.
Not surprisingly, Democrats and their media allies quickly asserted that this new committee should be compared - unfavorably - with the 1975 â...∂nited States Select ppmmittee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, better known as the Church Committee after its chairman, Senator Frank Church (l)-ldaho).
The first Church Committee is generally held today in high regard, so much so that the Republicans leading the present effort to investigate questionable activities of tire U. S. intelligence community have appropriated the name for their own committee. The first Church Committee is credited with forcing reforms on intelligence agencies such as the Central Intelligence Agency fClâ...∂) and the National Security Agency :{NSÄ), Such reforms include the executive order by President Gerald Ford to ban assassinations of foreign political leaders; the creation of a permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in both the House and Senate; and requiring intelligence agencies to seek approval from a special court before surveilling American citizens.
Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor and a columnist for Politico magazines was among those who opposed the creation of the present committee led by Representative Jordan. He told Time magazine, "1 am skeptical of the [Jordan] committee, because what it appears to be doing is trying to further a narrative rather than conduct a true, independent look at practices that are of concern." Ironically; Mariotti has appeared on various news outlets, Such as ABGNeWs and Щ praising the January 6th Committee, which was clearly trying to "further a narrative rather than conduct a true,, independent look" at what happened on January 6, 2Q.2T.
In order to better understand the need for today â...∂ "Church Committee," a look at the original Church Committee of the 197Qs and the reasons for its inception is in order. CIA Out of Control
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