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Congressional Perspectives on U.S. Intelligence

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History, Education, News

4.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2008

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Peter’s guest today is former Democratic Congressman Louis Stokes from Ohio, who chaired the House Intelligence Committee in the 1980s and the House Select Committee on Assassinations in the 1970s. Congressman Stokes discusses Congress’ role in overseeing the intelligence community and the value of intelligence to national security, and his committee’s investigation of the deaths of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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and welcome to Spycast from the Secret Files of the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.

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I'm Peter Ernest, the Executive Director of the Museum.

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I served for some 36 years in the Peter Ernest, the Executive Director of the Museum.

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I served for some 36 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, largely as what is called

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an operations officer or case officer.

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Every month we'll be bringing you interesting talks with visitors, with

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authors, with others who have something to do with the world of intelligence and

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espionage. My guest today is Lou Stokes, a 30-year congressman from Ohio who served on a variety of

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