US Senate - Church Committee Hearings [1975]: COINTELPRO, FBI Abuses

US Senate - Church Committee Hearings [1975]: COINTELPRO, FBI Abuses Against Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and More


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.