In 1975, US Senator Frank Church, chairman of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities of the United States, appeared on NBC News Meet the Press and raised serious concerns about the capabilities of the United States intelligence community. As the chairman of what was referred to as the Church Committee, which was a senate probe into government intelligence activities, he notes the dual importance of gathering data on potential enemies of the nation while respecting the rights and privacy of American citizens. Church warned about the dire possibility of these intelligence agencies of the deep state going too far and crossing into the abyss of tyranny. In the 48 years since he issued this warning we have seen definitive and conclusive evidence of this probability realized and that is why the House of Representatives established Tuesday the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government (“Church Committee 2.0” ) that plans to investigate the weaponization of government against Americans and promised to use it to curb abuses by the nation’s deep state intelligence and law enforcement agencies.

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