Ideologies / Liberal Democrat / Frank Church
§ The minds · 1924–1984 · United States · Senator
Frank Church
Reined in the secret state
Civil liberties against surveillance.
Economic−20
SocialistMarket
Governance−26
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+42
TraditionalProgressive
The senator whose Church Committee exposed and curbed CIA and FBI abuses, embedding civil-liberties oversight into American government.
social
Civil-libertarian progressive and environmentalist.
economic
New Deal liberal on economics.
governance
Led the landmark committee curbing intelligence-agency abuses.
Notable for
- Chaired the Church Committee
- Intelligence-oversight reform
- Wilderness Act champion
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