History of the United States II / Unit 15 USH2 2161 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Restraining the Imperial Presidency
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The idea
Congressional investigators found in the nineteen seventies that the CIA and FBI had broken into homes, tapped phones and infiltrated antiwar groups, Digital History records.
In practice
The CIA's involvement in plots to assassinate foreign leaders, Fidel Castro among them.
Where people slip
Congress curbed the CIA at home, set strict FBI guidelines and created a joint committee to oversee the CIA.
Your place on the trail
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