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Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans

Report · written 26 April 1976 · released 26 April 1976

Why this matters

The Church Committee's central finding: decades of FBI, CIA, NSA and IRS spying on Americans for political beliefs, including COINTELPRO, mail opening and watch lists. It led to the FISA court and the permanent intelligence committees. The URL quietly moved when the Senate site was rebuilt in 2024; the old path now redirects.

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https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sites-default-files-94755-ii.pdf

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Watching the Watchers

1976: the Church Committee's verdict.

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Graveyards of the Web

Even durable URLs move: the Senate rebuilt its site in 2024.

Cite

United States Senate. "Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans." 26 April 1976. Released 26 April 1976. https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sites-default-files-94755-ii.pdf (accessed via The Quiet Archive, QA-0058).

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