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A Season of Inquiry Revisited : The Church Committee Confronts America's Spy Agencies /

"An updated re-issue of Loch Johnson's classic "insider" study of the US Senate's so-called Church Committee investigations (ca. 1975-1976) into the activities and abuses of our intelligence agencies (especially CIA and FBI). Named after Frank Church, its charismatic Democra...

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Autor principal: Johnson, Loch K., 1942-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, 2015.
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505 0 |a Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Foreword to the 2015 Edition; Preface; 1. The End of an Affair; 2. A Committee Is Formed; 3. Establishing an Agenda; 4. Assassination Plots; 5. Rogue Elephant; 6. The Cave of Bugs; 7. Sinister Forces; 8. Adrift; 9. Bombarded; 10. Orwellian Nightmares; 11. Resistance; 12. Covert Action; 13. Tragedy; 14. From Abuses to Reform; 15. Backlash; 16. The Big Leak; 17. White House Counteroffensive; 18. The Late, Late Strategy; 19. The Committee Reports; 20. The Oversight Bill; 21. Victoryâ#x80;#x94;And Defeat; 22. Aftermath; 23. Reflections 
505 0 |a Postscript to the 2015 EditionChronology; Appendix 1. US Intelligence Leadership, 1947â#x80;#x93;2015; Appendix 2. Organization of the US Intelligence Community; Appendix 3. Text of Relevant Intelligence Amendments and Acts; Notes; Index; Back Cover 
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