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CHURCH COMMITTEE REPORTS

  • Title
  • Contents
  • I. Introduction
    • A. The Mandate of the Committee's Inquiry
    • B. The Purpose of the Committee's Findings and Recommendations
    • C. The Focus and Scope of the Committee's Inquiry and Obstacles Encountered
    • D. The Historical Context of the Inquiry
    • E. The Dilemma of Secrecy and Open Constitutional Government
  • II. The Foreign and Military Intelligence Operations of the United States: An Overview
    • A. The Basic Issues: Secrecy and Democracy
    • B. The Scope of the Select Committee's Inquiry into Foreign and...
    • C. The Intelligence Process: Theory and Reality
    • D. The Evolution of the United States Intelligence Community
    • E. The Origins of the Postwar Intelligence Community
    • F. The Response to the Soviet Threat
    • G. Korea: The Turning Point
    • H. The "Protracted Conflict"
    • I. Third World Competition and Nuclear Crisis
    • J. Technology and Tragedy
    • K. The 1970s
    • L. The Task Ahead
  • III. The Constitutional Framework for Intelligence Activities
    • A. The Joint Responsibilities of the Legislative and Executive Branches...
    • B. The Historical Practice
    • C. The Constitutional Power of Congress to Regulate the Conduct...
  • IV. The President's Office
    • A. The National Security Council
    • B. Authorization and Control of Covert Activities
    • C. Providing the Intelligence Required by Policymakers
    • D. Advising the President on Intelligence Issues
    • E. Allocating Intelligence Resources
  • V. The Director of Central Intelligence
    • A. The Producer of National Intelligence
    • B. Coordinator of Intelligence Activities
    • C. Director of the CIA
  • VI. History of the Central Intelligence Agency
    • A. The Central Intelligence Group and the Central Intelligence Agency: 1946--1952
    • B. The Dulles Era: 1953-1961
    • C. Change and Routinization: 1961-1970
    • D. The Recent Past: 1971--1975
    • E. Conclusion
  • VII. The Central Intelligence Agency: Statutory Authority
    • A. Clandestine Collection of Intelligence
    • B. Covert Action
    • C. Domestic Activities
  • VIII. Covert Action
    • A. Evolution of Covert Action
    • B. Congressional Oversight
    • C. Findings and Conclusions
  • IX. CIA Counterintelligence
    • A. Counterintelligence: An Introduction
    • B. Current Issues in Counterintelligence
    • C. Conclusions
  • X. The Domestic Impact of Foreign Clandestine Operations...
    • A. Covert Use of Academic and Voluntary Organizations
    • B. Covert Relationships With the United States Media
    • C. Covert Use of U.S. Religious Groups
  • XI. Proprietaries
    • A. Overview
    • B. Structure
    • C. Operation of Proprietaries
    • D. The Disposal of Proprietaries
    • E. Financial Aspects
    • F. Some General Considerations
  • XII. CIA Production of Finished Intelligence
    • A. Evolution of the CIA's Intelligence Directorate
    • B. The Intelligence Directorate Today
    • C. The Relationship Between Intelligence and Policy
    • D. The Limits of Intelligence
    • E. The Personnel System
    • F. Recruitment and Training of Analysts
    • G. The Intelligence Culture and Analytical Bias
    • H. The Nature of the Production Process: Consensus Versus Competition
    • I. The "Current Events" Syndrome
    • J. Innovation
    • K. Overload on Analysts and Consumers
    • L. Quality Control
    • M. Consumer Guidance and Evaluation
    • N. The Congressional Role
  • XIII. The CIA's Internal Controls: The Inspector General...
    • A. The General Counsel
    • B. The Office of the Inspector General
    • C. Internal and External Review of the Office of the Inspector General
  • XIV. The Department of State
    • A. Origins of the State Department Intelligence Function
    • B. Command and Control
    • C. Support: Communications
    • D. Production of Intelligence
  • XV. Department of Defense
    • A. Objectives and Organization of the Defense Intelligence Community
    • B. The Defense Intelligence Budget
    • C. Management Problems of the Defense Intelligence Community
    • D. Agencies and Activities of Special Interest
    • E. Military Counterintelligence and Investigative Activities
    • F. Chemical and Biological Activities
    • G. Meeting Future Needs in Defense Intelligence
  • XVI. Disclosure of Budget Information on the Intelligence Community
    • A. The Present Budgetary Process for Intelligence...
    • B. The Constitutional Requirement
    • C. Alternatives to Concealing Intelligence Budgets From Congress and the Public
    • D. The Effect Upon National Security of Varying Levels of Budget Disclosure
    • E. The Argument That Publication of Any Information Will...
    • F. The Argument That the United States Should Not Publish...
    • G. Summary and Conclusion
  • XVII. Testing and Use of Chemical and Biological Agents...
    • A. The Programs Investigated
    • B. CIA Drug Testing Programs
    • C. Covert Testing on Human Subjects by Military Intelligence Groups...
    • D. Cooperation and Competition Among the Intelligence Community Agencies...
  • XVIII. Summary: Findings and Recommendations
    • A. Introduction
    • B. General Findings
    • C. The 1947 National Security Act and Related Legislation
    • D. The National Security Council and the Office of the President
    • E. The Director of Central Intelligence
    • F. The Central Intelligence Agency
    • G. Reorganization of he Intelligence Community
    • H. Relations with United States Institutions and Private Citizens
    • I. Proprietaries and Cover
    • J. Intelligence Liaison
    • K. The General Counsel and Inspector General
    • L. The Department of Defense
    • M. The Department of State and Ambassadors
    • N. Oversight and the Intelligence Budget
    • O. Chemical and Biological Agents and the Intelligence Community
    • P. General Recommendations
  • Appendix I: Congressional Authorization for the CIA to Conduct Covert Action
    • A. The National Security Act of 1947
    • B. The CIA Act of 1949
    • C. The Provision of Funds to the CIA by Congress
    • D. The Holtzman and Abourezk Amendment of 1974
    • E. The Hughes-Ryan Amendment
    • F. Conclusion
  • Appendix II: Additional Covert Action Recommendations
    • A. Statement of Clark M. Clifford
    • B. Statement of Cyrus Vance
    • C. Statement of David A. Phillips
    • D. Prepared Statement of Morton H. Halperin
    • E. Recommendations of the Harvard University Institute of Politics...
    • F. Recommendations of the House Select Committee on Intelligence Concerning Covert Action
    • G. Article from Foreign Affairs by Harry Rositake: America's Secret Operations: A Perspective
    • H. Article from Saturday Review by Tom Braden: What's Wrong With the CIA?
    • I. Recommendations of the Commission on the Organization of the Government...
  • Appendix III: Soviet Intelligence Collection and Operations Against the United States
    • A. Introduction
    • B. Organization and Structure
    • C. The GRU
    • D. The Scope and Methods of Anti-United States Operations...
    • E. Eastern European Security and Intelligence Services
  • Additional Views of Senator Frank Church Concerning Covert Action
  • Additional Views of Senators Walter F. Mondale...
  • Introduction to Separate Views of Senators John G, Tower...
  • Separate Views of Senator John G. Tower, Vice Chairman
  • Individual Views of Senator Barry Goldwater
  • Separate Views of Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr.
  • Supplemental Views of Senator Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.
  • Additional Views of Senator Richard S. Schweiker
  • Glossary of Selected Intelligence Terms and List of Abbreviations
  • National Intelligence Charts
  • Senate Resolution 21
  • Staff List
     
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