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During the 1970s, the US Congress carried out a number of investigations and passed acts bringing oversight to the executive branch and intelligence agencies (eg, Church Committee, War Powers Act, FISA). Was this all a reaction to Watergate, or did broader political shifts bring these about?

by /u/Tiako in /r/AskHistorians

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