Conservatives should be very wary about creating a new Church Committee, writes mpolymer.
, the Department of Justice, and the intelligence community. The name of this entity appears to be out of a bad spy novel - the committee on the"Weaponization of the federal government." It bears memory of actions by another former member of Congress named McCarthy.
Top line: a highly distracted FBI and intelligence community cannot do their jobs, which is to protect the people against threats from Russia, China, Iran, and terrorism. The manpower of our national security institutions is not limitless. Spurious fishing expeditions — which is not real oversight focused on specific concerns — will no doubt distract. We need FBI agents on the street, running surveillance operations against Chinese intelligence and recruiting their officers.
Historians will note that the political Right has despised the Church Committee as having de-fanged the intelligence community and ultimately led to significant intelligence failures. In fact, howling that the CIA had lost its mojo prior to Sept. 11, 2001, conservatives pointed directly to the Church Committee.
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