The Church Committee did alot of things right. They created a broad scope in their task forces:
Foreign intelligence
Domestic intelligence
Military intelligence
Command & Control
Then spent the first few weeks getting org charts and constructing timelines while also...
Foreign intelligence
Domestic intelligence
Military intelligence
Command & Control
Then spent the first few weeks getting org charts and constructing timelines while also...
..negotiating with the agencies to remove roadblocks and preempt any fights.
Then they analyzed their timelines & org charts and issued subpoenas. They interviewed hundreds of people and reviewed thousands and thousands of documents with 53 investigators and 135 support staff.
Then they analyzed their timelines & org charts and issued subpoenas. They interviewed hundreds of people and reviewed thousands and thousands of documents with 53 investigators and 135 support staff.
A modern committee likely needs an additional task force to look at private entities & persons, but can follow the same basic template.
They also need a few more investigators because we have more intel agencies and more to look at these days.
They also need a few more investigators because we have more intel agencies and more to look at these days.
They can start with programs @Snowden revealed, move into FISA abuse and Russiagate, data collection and telecommunication companies' ties to our intelligence community, and any new programs they discover.
The @Weaponization Committee could do something special.
The @Weaponization Committee could do something special.
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