Thomas Risen

Thomas Risen is a journalist and co-author of “The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys — and One Senator’s Fight to Save Democracy.”

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Incoming Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director (and future US President) George HW Bush (left) speaks the agency headquarters following his swearing-in ceremony, Langley, Virginia, January 30, 1976. Seated behind him are, from left, outgoing CIA Director William Colby (1920 - 1996) and US President Gerald R Ford (1913 - 2006). (Photo by Barry Soorenko/CNP/Getty Images)

How the Murder of a CIA Officer Was Used to Silence the Agency’s Greatest Critic

James Risen, Thomas Risen

- May. 9

A new account sheds light on the Ford administration's war against Sen. Frank Church and his landmark effort to rein in a lawless intelligence community.

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How the Murder of a CIA Officer Was Used to Silence the Agency’s Greatest Critic