United States Commission on CIA activities within the United States

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Created by President Gerald Ford to investigate reports of CIA domestic improprieties, the United States Commission on CIA activities within the United States,[1] usually called the Rockefeller Commission, identified a number of questionable activities.

Congress also investigated these matters with the Senate Church Committee,[2] chaired by Senator Frank Church (D-Idaho), and in the House of Representatives via the Pike Committee, chaired by Congressman Otis Pike(D-NY). The Pike Committee report was not accepted by the House. The Congressional investigations had a broader scope; see, for example, information from the Church Committee in CIA activities in Chile.

References

  1. United States Commission on CIA Activities Within the United States (1975), Report to the President by the Commission on CIA Activities Within the United States
  2. Church Committee Reports, the Assassination Archives and Research Center