# Church Committee on The No Agenda Show Church Committee comes up in 8 chapters across 7 episodes of The No Agenda Show, from November 2013 to January 2023. - **Chapters:** 8 - **Episodes:** 7 - **Discussed:** November 2013 – January 2023 - **Related topics:** [Cia](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/cia.md), [Fbi](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/fbi.md), [Frank Church](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/frank-church.md), [Surveillance](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/surveillance.md), [1975](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/1975.md), [Anderson Cooper](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/anderson-cooper.md), [Assassination](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/assassination.md), [Bay Of Pigs](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/bay-of-pigs.md), [Bobby Inman](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/bobby-inman.md), [Counterterrorism](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/counterterrorism.md) ## Chapters 1–8 of 8 ### Jim Jordan, Church-Style Committee, Intelligence Agency Oversight - **Episode:** [1519: Freeze Peach](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1519-freeze-peach.md) - **Published:** 2023-01-12 - **Time:** 2:18:49–2:21:49 - **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1519-freeze-peach/chapter/jim-jordan-church-style-committee-intelligence-agency-oversight.md Representative Jim Jordan is expected to lead a "Church-style" committee to investigate the weaponization of federal agencies. The original 1970s Church Committee exposed CIA domestic spying and the use of journalists as assets. The hosts express skepticism that these new hearings will lead to meaningful change, suggesting that intelligence agencies have only become more sophisticated in their "buffaloing" of the public. Keywords: [jim jordan](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/jim-jordan.md), [church committee](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/church-committee.md), [cia](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/cia.md), [fbi](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/fbi.md), house judiciary, [oversight](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/oversight.md) ### CIA Podcast, Covert Action and Democracy Promotion - **Episode:** [1517: Satchel of Richards](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1517-satchel-of-richards.md) - **Published:** 2023-01-01 - **Time:** 10:24–17:47 - **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1517-satchel-of-richards/chapter/cia-podcast-covert-action-and-democracy-promotion.md The CIA's official podcast features chief historian David Robarge discussing the agency's history of covert action and its role in implementing foreign policy. Robarge argues that most covert actions are intended to promote or protect democracy, though he acknowledges past "undemocratic" failures like the Bay of Pigs and various assassination plots. The hosts critique the agency's transparency and its historical involvement in propagandizing the American public through mainstream media. Keywords: [cia](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/cia.md), david robarge, [church committee](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/church-committee.md), [covert action](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/covert-action.md), [bay of pigs](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/bay-of-pigs.md), [assassination](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/assassination.md), [ronald reagan](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/ronald-reagan.md) ### The Church Committee and Intelligence in Journalism - **Episode:** [1514: Holiday Heart](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1514-holiday-heart.md) - **Published:** 2022-12-22 - **Time:** 2:39:11–2:43:32 - **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1514-holiday-heart/chapter/the-church-committee-and-intelligence-in-journalism.md A look back at the 1975 Church Committee led by Senator Frank Church highlights the historical involvement of the CIA in American journalism. Church warned that the technological capabilities of intelligence agencies could lead to "total tyranny" if not strictly supervised by law. Keywords: [church committee](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/church-committee.md), [frank church](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/frank-church.md), [cia](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/cia.md), [journalism](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/journalism.md), [surveillance](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/surveillance.md) ### FBI Whistleblower, Manufactured Terrorism Claims - **Episode:** [1175: Son of a Biden](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1175-son-of-a-biden.md) - **Published:** 2019-11-28 - **Time:** 2:44:04–2:47:19 - **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/1175-son-of-a-biden/chapter/fbi-whistleblower-manufactured-terrorism-claims.md An FBI whistleblower on the Reason podcast discussed the bureau's tendency to "manufacture" terrorism by targeting marginalized individuals. The whistleblower claimed that the modern counterterrorism apparatus often creates plots and provides weapons to people who had no prior terrorist plans or capabilities. Keywords: [fbi](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/fbi.md), [whistleblower](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/whistleblower.md), [counterterrorism](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/counterterrorism.md), agents provocateur, [church committee](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/church-committee.md) ### Operation Mockingbird and Show Outro - **Episode:** [765: Smart Power](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/765-smart-power.md) - **Published:** 2015-10-15 - **Time:** 2:45:07–2:49:38 - **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/765-smart-power/chapter/operation-mockingbird-and-show-outro.md The show concludes with a historical clip from the 1975 Church Committee hearings regarding "Operation Mockingbird," the CIA's infiltration of the American media. The hosts tie this to their ongoing critique of modern journalists like Anderson Cooper. They sign off with a reminder of the next show on Sunday and a final soundboard montage. Keywords: [operation mockingbird](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/operation-mockingbird.md), [church committee](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/church-committee.md), [cia](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/cia.md), [anderson cooper](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/anderson-cooper.md), [1975](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/1975.md) ### FISA History, FBI National Security Letters - **Episode:** [575: BIOS Brick](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/575-bios-brick.md) - **Published:** 2013-12-19 - **Time:** 32:00–34:48 - **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/575-bios-brick/chapter/fisa-history-fbi-national-security-letters.md The history of U.S. surveillance is traced from 1928 telephony rulings through the 1970s Church Committee and the creation of the FISA court. Current data shows the FBI issues approximately 60 national security letters daily, totaling over 30,000 in 2012, which allow for broad information gathering without traditional warrants. Keywords: [fisa](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/fisa.md), [church committee](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/church-committee.md), [national security letters](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/national-security-letters.md), [fbi](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/fbi.md), [stasi](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/stasi.md) ### Frank Church, Total Tyranny Warning - **Episode:** [575: BIOS Brick](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/575-bios-brick.md) - **Published:** 2013-12-19 - **Time:** 48:05–50:32 - **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/575-bios-brick/chapter/frank-church-total-tyranny-warning.md A 1975 quote from Senator Frank Church warns that the technological capacity of the U.S. intelligence community could enable "total tyranny" if a dictator ever took charge. Church emphasized that the ability to monitor all communications leaves no place to hide, creating an abyss from which there is no return if the law is not strictly followed. Keywords: [frank church](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/frank-church.md), [church committee](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/church-committee.md), [tyranny](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/tyranny.md), [surveillance](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/surveillance.md), [meet the press](https://search.noagendashow.net/topic/meet-the-press.md) ### Perry Fellwock, NSA Whistleblowers and Ramparts Magazine - **Episode:** [565: Spy in a Bag](https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/565-spy-in-a-bag.md) - **Published:** 2013-11-14 - **Time:** 2:12:23–2:16:44 - **Transcript:** https://search.noagendashow.net/episode/565-spy-in-a-bag/chapter/perry-fellwock-nsa-whistleblowers-and-ramparts-magazine.md The hosts discuss Perry Fellwock (alias Winslow Peck), the original NSA whistleblower who exposed the agency's activities in Ramparts Magazine in 1972. Fellwock revealed the existence of Echelon and the NSA's massive budget compared to the CIA. 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