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> [In examining the CIA's past and present use of the U.S. media, the Committee finds two reasons for concern. The first is the potential, inherent in covert media operations, for manipulating or incidentally misleading the American public.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-church/in-examining-the-cia-s-past-and-present-use-of-the-u-s-media-the/)

[Frank Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-church/)

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> [In examining the CIA's past and present use of the U.S. media, the Committee finds two reasons for concern. The first is the potential, inherent in covert media operations, for manipulating or incidentally misleading the American public. The second is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-church/in-examining-the-cia-s-past-and-present-use-of-the-u-s-media-the-2/)

[Frank Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-church/)

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## More by Frank Church

> [The great purpose is to set aside a reasonable part of the vanishing wilderness, to make certain that generations of Americans yet unborn will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-church/the-great-purpose-is-to-set-aside-a-reasonable-part-of-the-vanishing/)

[Frank Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-church/)

> [In examining the CIA's past and present use of the U.S. media, the Committee finds two reasons for concern. The first is the potential,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-church/in-examining-the-cia-s-past-and-present-use-of-the-u-s-media-the/)

[Frank Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-church/)

> [The National Security Agency’s capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-church/the-national-security-agency-s-capability-at-any-time-could-be-turned/)

[Frank Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-church/)

> [In examining the CIA's past and present use of the U.S. media, the Committee finds two reasons for concern. The first is the potential,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-church/in-examining-the-cia-s-past-and-present-use-of-the-u-s-media-the-2/)

[Frank Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-church/)

> [The affluent society has built well in terms of economic progress, but has neglected the protection of the very water we drink as well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-church/the-affluent-society-has-built-well-in-terms-of-economic-progress-but/)

[Frank Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-church/)

> [The official language of the State of Illinois shall be known hereafter as the American language, and not the English language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-church/the-official-language-of-the-state-of-illinois-shall-be-known/)

[Frank Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-church/)

> [One would think America big enough to set aside wilderness preserves for the many of our citizens who seek to escape the incessant crowd,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-church/one-would-think-america-big-enough-to-set-aside-wilderness-preserves/)

[Frank Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-church/)

> [I don't want to see this country ever go across the bridge. I know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-church/i-don-t-want-to-see-this-country-ever-go-across-the-bridge-i-know-the/)

[Frank Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-church/)

> [The second is the damage to the credibility and independence of a free press which may be caused by covert relationships with the U.S.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-church/the-second-is-the-damage-to-the-credibility-and-independence-of-a/)

[Frank Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-church/)

> [This war has already stretched the generation gap so wide that it threatens to pull the country apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-church/this-war-has-already-stretched-the-generation-gap-so-wide-that-it/)

[Frank Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-church/)

> [The United States must not adopt the tactics of the enemy. Means are important, as ends. Crisis makes it tempting to ignore the wise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-church/the-united-states-must-not-adopt-the-tactics-of-the-enemy-means-are/)

[Frank Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-church/)

> [In a country where nature has been so lavish and where we have been so spendthrift of indigenous beauty, to set aside a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-church/in-a-country-where-nature-has-been-so-lavish-and-where-we-have-been/)

[Frank Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-church/)

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