Season 3, Episode 8: James & Tom Risen, The Last Honest Man: the CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedy's - and one Senator's Fight to Save Democracy

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Join Professor Jeffrey Sachs in his conversation with authors
James and Tom Risen on their important, new book The Last Honest
Man, a gripping biography of Idaho Senator, Frank Church. 
The Risens describe the remarkable events of 1975, when Senator
Church almost single-handedly took on the CIA and FBI, to hold
them accountable for serious crimes that they had committed,
including the CIA’s assassination plots and the CIA’s and FBI’s
illegal surveillance of American citizens. 

This is an inspiring story of how one idealistic Senator battled
the powerful and secretive US security state and temporarily
brought it under public scrutiny.  Alas, it is also a
profound warning for our own time - as the 1975 Church Committee
was the last time in half a century that the CIA has been
thoroughly investigated. Tune in for a fascinating discussion of
pivotal events 50 years ago and their profound relevance for
today. 


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