Frederick A. O. Schwarz Part 1: Formation of the Church Committee 2014

Frederick A. O. Schwarz Part 1: Formation of the Church Committee 2014
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Don't Ask and Don't Tell is a Perfect Description of the Congress and Senates Relationship with US Intelligence Agencies.
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NO EQUIVALENT INVESTIGATION TO THE CHURCH COMMITTEE HAS BEEN HELD SINCE 1975
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Dec 10, 2014
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Frederick A.O. “Fritz” Schwarz discusses the establishment of the Church Committee and its first comprehensive examination of U.S. intelligence activities.
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He describes the political environment and committee processes that enabled its investigation to be successful.
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An edited transcript of the entire interview is here: http://www.brennancenter.org/transcri...
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Frederick A.O. “Fritz” Schwarz is Counsel of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School and Senior Counsel at Cravath, Swaine and Moore.
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From 1975-76, Schwarz served as the Chief Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Government Activities with Respect to Intelligence Activities, better known as the “Church Committee,” after its Chairman, Senator Frank Church.
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He is the co-author of Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror (The New Press, 2007), is currently writing a new book, Democracy in the Dark: The Seduction of Government Secrecy, scheduled for publication in Spring 2015.
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Interviewed by Michael German, Brennan Center Fellow, on August 19, 2014.
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FAIR USE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
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