There is a great interview with Frank Church's widow Bethine on Amy's show today:

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Bethine Church was called "the third Senator from Idaho".

Flashback: A Look Back at the Church Committee’s Investigation into CIA, FBI Misuse of Power
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We take a look at one of the most famous special Senate investigations of government misconduct. In the mid-1970s, a US Senate committee chaired by Democratic Senator Frank Church of Idaho conducted a massive investigation of the CIA and FBI’s misuse of power at home and abroad. The multi-year investigation examined domestic spying, the CIA’s attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, the FBI and CIA’s efforts to infiltrate and disrupt leftist organizations, and more. We speak with Sen. Frank Church’s widow, Bethine Church, and Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., who served as chief counsel to the Church Committee.

Guests:

Bethine Church, widow of Sen. Frank Church, who died twenty-five years ago this month. Bethine Church is considered the matriarch of the Democratic Party in Idaho and was seen by many as the state’s third senator, because she was so active while her husband served on Capitol Hill.

Frederick Schwarz, served as chief counsel to the Church Committee. He is now senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice.

AMY GOODMAN: As we broadcast from Boise, Idaho, we turn now to look back at one of the most famous special Senate investigations of government misconduct. In the mid-1970s, a US Senate committee chaired by Democratic Senator Frank Church of Idaho conducted a massive investigation of the CIA and FBI’s abuse of power at home and abroad. The multi-year investigation examined domestic spying, the CIA’s attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, the FBI and CIA’s efforts to infiltrate and disrupt organizations here at home, and more.

Today, we’re joined by two individuals with close ties to the Church Committee. Bethine Church joins me here in Boise. She is the widow of Senator Frank Church, who died twenty-five years ago this month. Bethine Church is considered the matriarch of the Democratic Party in Idaho and was seen by many as the state’s third senator, because she was so active while her husband served on Capitol Hill.

We’re also joined by Frederick Schwarz, Jr. He served as chief counsel to the Church Committee. He now serves as senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, co-author of Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror.

Well, it is a great honor to have you here, Bethine Church, sitting here with you at TVTV, at Treasure Valley Television. What are your thoughts today as you look at the situation of torture, the memos that have just come out, abroad, looking at home at the issue of spying on the American people, and how it relates back to, well, the reasons for the Church Committee launching its investigation?

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