Church Committee investigation

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	United States Senate investigation
gptkbp:chairman	gptkb:Frank_Church
gptkbp:commonName	gptkb:Church_Committee
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate	1976
gptkbp:focus	gptkb:Project_SHAMROCK gptkb:COINTELPRO gptkb:Operation_CHAOS abuses by U.S. intelligence agencies assassination plots against foreign leaders illegal surveillance of U.S. citizens
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Church Committee investigation
gptkbp:influenced	legislation on intelligence oversight public perception of intelligence agencies
gptkbp:investigatedBy	gptkb:Central_Intelligence_Agency gptkb:Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation gptkb:Internal_Revenue_Service gptkb:National_Security_Agency
gptkbp:legislature	gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	extensive
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Frank_Church
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:John_Tower gptkb:Walter_Mondale gptkb:Barry_Goldwater gptkb:Gary_Hart gptkb:Howard_Baker gptkb:Charles_Mathias gptkb:Richard_Schweiker gptkb:Robert_Morgan gptkb:Robert_T._Stafford gptkb:Walter_Huddleston gptkb:Philip_Hart
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_to_Study_Governmental_Operations_with_Respect_to_Intelligence_Activities
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Watergate_scandal
gptkbp:producedDocument	gptkb:Final_Report_of_the_Church_Committee
gptkbp:publicHearings	yes
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Pike_Committee gptkb:Rockefeller_Commission
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act increased oversight of intelligence agencies creation of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
gptkbp:significance	exposed illegal and unethical activities by U.S. intelligence agencies
gptkbp:startDate	1975
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:National_Security_Agency
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4