US Senate - Church Committee Hearings [1975]: COINTELPRO B3 S1a

US Senate - Church Committee Hearings [1975]: COINTELPRO B3 S1a

On January 27, 1975, Senator Frank Church led a new Senate committee formed to investigate allegations of U.S. government spying on its own citizens. The committee's report laid the groundwork for today's controversy over NSA surveillance programs.