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===Church Committee===
===Church Committee===
Church headed the "Church Committee", the senatorial committee that would become the the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]], which is the [[Deep State]]'s arm in the Senate. There, he uncovered the Lockheed Bribery scandal.
Church headed the "Church Committee", the senatorial committee that would become the the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]], which is the [[Deep State]]'s arm in the Senate. There, he uncovered the Lockheed Bribery scandal.
While on the committee, Church learned of the surprising power of the NSA to monitor people and intrude into their lives through surveillance. Speaking of the electronic monitoring power of the NSA, Church said in 1975,
{{Cquote|That capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesn't matter. There would be no place to hide.}}
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