Call for New Safeguards on U.S. Intelligence Organizations

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This week marks the 40th anniversary of the formation of the Church Committee, a congressionally appointed panel that first investigated FBI and CIA intelligence abuse occurring from Roosevelt to Nixon. In a new report, with a foreword written by former Vice President Walter Mondale and former Sen. Gary Hart, 17 former Church Committee staff members laid out key reforms to help Congress rein in intelligence abuses and repair weakened oversight mechanisms. “Examining whether the controls and structures created four decades ago remain an effective bulwark against error and abuse is necessary,” former staffers said in The Hill. “And the growing mistrust of U.S. intelligence activities at home and abroad make it essential.” Read more from CQ Roll Call.

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