Some Church Committee era innovations that have failed: Congressional oversight committees, FISA Court, EO 12333. But other than that...
@RT4_Chicago But Church contemplated legislating these issues, but settled for EOs to avoid resolving constitutional questions.
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@emptywheel Ah, interesting. Church Committee never should have settled for EOs, especially after everything Nixon pulled. -
@RT4_Chicago Highly recommend Olmsteds Challenging the Secret Govt for background on why they did. http://www.amazon.com/Challenging-Secret-Government-Post-Watergate-Investigations/dp/0807845620/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434030015&sr=8-1&keywords=challenging+secret+government&pebp=1434030018450&perid=1D223A140EF14795B198 … -
@emptywheel@amazon We look forward to reading this!!!
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