The Church Committee: Inside the Investigation That Exposed America’s Intelligence System (American Power and Secrecy Book 4)
About
For decades, America’s intelligence agencies operated behind walls of secrecy.
Wiretaps.
Hidden surveillance.
Covert operations.
Mail interception.
Psychological experiments.
Secret watchlists.
Most Americans never knew how far the machinery had expanded during the Cold War.
Then, in 1975, the United States Senate launched one of the most explosive investigations in modern political history.
Led by Senator Frank Church, the Church Committee pulled back the curtain on the FBI, CIA, NSA, and the hidden architecture of American state power. What investigators uncovered shocked the nation and permanently changed the debate surrounding surveillance, secrecy, and constitutional freedom.
From COINTELPRO and Martin Luther King Jr. surveillance to assassination plots, MK-Ultra, warrantless monitoring, and the birth of FISA, this gripping investigative history explores how fear and national security reshaped the balance between liberty and government power.
And why those same questions still matter today.
Perfect for readers interested in:
- American political history
- Intelligence and espionage
- Government secrecy
- Constitutional rights
- Cold War history
- Surveillance and privacy
- FBI and CIA investigations