[0030-2222] THE CHURCH COMMITTEE AND THE SECRETS OF THE STATE – Companion Dossier (PDF)

Description

In the autumn of 1975, the United States Senate confronted an existential constitutional reckoning hidden beneath thirty years of classified mandates. When the Church Committee breached the wall of institutional silence surrounding the CIA, FBI, and NSA, investigators unearthed a sprawling domestic security apparatus operating far beyond statutory limits. This declassified companion dossier reconstructs the forensic paper trail behind that watershed inquiry. Centered on critical primary documents—including National Security Council directive NSC 10/2, internal Inspector General memos detailing Operation MH/CHAOS, and J. Edgar Hoover’s direct marginalia authorizing COINTELPRO disruptions—this briefing details how clandestine agencies monitored antiwar dissidents, targeted political figures, and assembled the infamous “Family Jewels.” Complete with declassified organizational charts, chronological timelines of institutional overreach, and archival source notes, this dossier presents the unvarnished evidence that challenged executive supremacy and forced the Cold War shadow state into the light of congressional scrutiny.