40 years ago, in the wake of watergate, the United States senate created a special committee to look into the activities of United States intelligence services. It was the Senate Select committee for governmental operations it quickly took on the nickname of its chairman, frank church and it was best known to history as the Church Committee. The committee met for 16 months. It reviewed more than 10,000 documents and called 800 witnesses before the committee and its staff. Its legacy includes the creation creation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 which we know as fisa. Two former Staff Members are with us and will be with us to help provide some Historical Context and understand the significance of the 40yearold video that you were about to see. From new york city, Frederick Schwarz who was the committees chief counsel is with us. Here in our studio in washington dc is Elliot Maxwell who was counsel to the committee as an in pennsylvania. Think you for joining us. In
Crowd, the media would want to attend and they would need space for them. I think it was intentionally a site that drew references to earlier very responsible investigations because one of the challenges that the Church Committee had to overcome was the criticism that investigating the National Intelligence community in the public and exposing to the public some of the activities of the Intelligence Community which by the very nature classified or secret will be exposing the Intelligence Community and there by weakening it. And by having the hearings here in this room i think they meant to draw upon sort of the institutional respect that people have for responsible investigations. Thank you very much. Thank you. Our coverage of the Church Committee 40 years later continues. This is American History tv only on cspan 3. Welcome to real america on cspan 3s American History tv. 40 years ago in the wake of watergate the United States senate created a special committee to look into activitie
Of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which we know as fisa. Two former Staff Members are with us and will be with us to help provide some Historical Context and understand the significance of the 40yearold video that you were about to that you are about to see. From new york city, Frederick Schwarz who was the committees chief counsel is with us. Here in our studio in washington in washington d. C. Is elliot , maxwell who was counsel to the committee as a his designee in pennsylvania. Thank you for joining us. In this installment of our series of connected work 40 years ago of the Church Committee into the work of u. S. Intelligence agencies, we will focus on the committees investigation into the National Security agency and the Fourth Amendment rights of american citizens and where they come into conflict. To get us started, lets watch a clip from october 29, 1979. Sen. Church this morning, the committee begins public hearings on the National Security agency, or as it
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