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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Documents reveal Gerald Ford's effort to block report on CIA assassination plots

The White House under Gerald Ford tried to block a landmark Senate report that disclosed the CIA's role in assassination attempts against foreign leaders and ultimately led to a radical overhaul in how the agency was held to account, documents released to mark the 50th anniversary of the report's publication reveal. The documents, dating from 1975, were posted on Thursday by the National Security Archive, an independent research
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fromThe Cipher Brief
2 months ago

How We Got SSCI with a Little Help from CIA

Senators solicited CIA input while drafting intelligence oversight legislation, creating a precedent of CIA "technical assistance" that shaped the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
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