Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations, Vol. 1

Download or read book Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations, Vol. 1 written by United States Congress Sen Activities and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-03 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations, Vol. 1: With Respect to Intelligence Activities, United States Senate, Together With Additional, Supplemental, and Separate Views The shortcomings of the intelligence system, the adverse effects of secrecy, and the failure of congressional oversight to assure adequate accountability for executive branch decisions concerning intelligence activities were major subjects of the Committee's inquiry. Equally im portant to the obligation to investigate allegations of abuse was the duty to review systematically the intelligence community's overall activities since 1945, and to evaluate Its present structure and performance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.