The Secret Government - PT. 2/2 - The Ring Of Fire

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Channel: The Ring of Fire · 2009 · News & Politics

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After the Watergate scandal broke, Congress actually had the courage and the conviction to begin a review of the CIA, and as a result, uncovered some pretty startling facts about the illegal activities this organization had been carrying out for decades.  Fast forward to today and there's no doubt that a sweeping investigation of the agency would find even more corruption and illegal actions than it did 4 decades ago.  Unfortunately, we just don't have enough members of Congress who actually possess a spine to get the ball rolling. Mike Papantonio of Air America's Ring of Fire talks with investigative journalist Christopher Hayes about the need for a new Church Committee, and about what a committee like that could find today.

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