Church Committee

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United States Senate select committee congressional investigative committee

The Church Committee was a 1975–76 U.S. Senate committee that investigated abuses by the CIA, FBI, NSA, and other intelligence agencies, leading to major reforms and increased oversight of American intelligence activities.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Church Committee canonical	9
Church Committee Final Report	1
Church Committee Report	1
Church Committee hearings	1

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Senate select committee ⓘ congressional investigative committee ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	federal intelligence agencies of the United States ⓘ
chairperson	Frank Church ⓘ
chairpersonParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
chairpersonState	Idaho ⓘ
contemporaneousWith	Pike Committee ⓘ Rockefeller Commission ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1976 ⓘ
endTime	1976 ⓘ
hasMember	Barry Goldwater ⓘ Charles Mathias ⓘ Frank Church ⓘ Gary Hart ⓘ Howard Baker ⓘ John Tower ⓘ Philip Hart ⓘ Richard Schweiker ⓘ Robert Morgan ⓘ Walter Mondale ⓘ William G. Miller ⓘ
hasTopic	abuses of power by U.S. intelligence agencies ⓘ civil liberties and privacy in intelligence operations ⓘ separation of powers and intelligence oversight ⓘ
inception	January 1975 ⓘ
investigated	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ Internal Revenue Service intelligence activities ⓘ National Security Agency ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Senate ⓘ
legislativeTerm	94th United States Congress ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter	Frank Church ⓘ
officialName	United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ surface form: United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities
partOf	post-Watergate congressional investigations ⓘ
positionHeld	staff director: William G. Miller ⓘ
publication	Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities ⓘ
publicationDate	1976 ⓘ
resultedIn	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ creation of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ creation of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ establishment of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ⓘ executive orders restricting U.S. involvement in assassinations ⓘ increased congressional oversight of intelligence agencies ⓘ new guidelines for FBI domestic security investigations ⓘ
shortName	United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ surface form: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities
startTime	1975 ⓘ
subjectOf	CIA mail-opening programs ⓘ FBI COINTELPRO operations ⓘ NSA warrantless surveillance programs ⓘ United States intelligence activities ⓘ assassination plots against foreign leaders ⓘ covert action programs abroad ⓘ domestic surveillance by U.S. intelligence agencies ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Church (surname) → knownFor → Church Committee ⓘ

subject surface form: Frank Church

William Colby → subjectOf → Church Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church Committee hearings

Frank Church → notableWork → Church Committee ⓘ

FBI COINTELPRO operations → investigatedBy → Church Committee ⓘ

Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities → shortName → Church Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church Committee Final Report

Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities → alsoKnownAs → Church Committee ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church Committee Report

Rockefeller Commission → followedBy → Church Committee ⓘ

Pike Committee → contemporaneousWith → Church Committee ⓘ

Pike Committee → seeAlso → Church Committee ⓘ

Robert Morgan → wasMemberOf → Church Committee ⓘ

Robert Morgan → participatedIn → Church Committee ⓘ

United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities → commonName → Church Committee ⓘ