Title: A season of inquiry revisited
Description: "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 Democratic chair, the committee confirmed numerous cases in which agencies greatly overstepped the limits of their assigned powers and initiated reforms to curb future violations. Johnson, one of the deans of American intelligence and national security studies, served on the committee as a special assistant to Church himself"--
Subjects: Intelligence service, Legislative oversight, Governmental investigations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Intelligence service, united states
Places: United States