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The last honest man, the CIA, the FBI, the mafia, and the Kennedys--and one senator's fight to save democracy, by James Risen with Thomas Risen

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The last honest man, the CIA, the FBI, the mafia, and the Kennedys--and one senator's fight to save democracy, by James Risen with Thomas Risen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-448) and index

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individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The last honest man

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1378020002

Responsibility statement

by James Risen with Thomas Risen

Sub title

the CIA, the FBI, the mafia, and the Kennedys--and one senator's fight to save democracy

Summary

As witnesses were mysteriously murdered and the FBI, NSA, CIA and even the IRS were on the warpath in 1975, a senator named Frank Church stood almost alone in the face of extraordinary abuses of power

Table Of Contents

Prologue: "Senator Cathedral" -- Part one "If I make no mark elsewhere" (1924-1975). "Happier times" -- "The finest diction in the Army" -- "If you don't run you will never get there" -- "Persona non grata" -- "A betrayal" -- "War prolonged and unending" -- "We stand up now" -- "An enormous hue and cry" -- "As long as the KGB does it" -- "We have stood watch" -- "This will cost you the presidency" -- Part two "We doubt that any other country would have the courage" (1975). "A delicate balance" -- "The dirty facts" -- "Like what?" " Like assassinations." -- "I had been asked by my government to solicit his cooperation" -- "Who will rid me of this man?" -- "The White House, can I help you?" -- "We met your man in the Congo" -- "What the president wanted to happen" -- "The abyss from which there is no return" -- "Under a double shadow" -- "The who made a police state out of America" -- "No holds were barred" -- Part three "A volcano cannot be capped" (1975-1984). "Vindicated and pleased" -- "As dangerous as any stimulant" -- "One more service to render" -- "I see you have a presidential haircut" -- "And then it was over" -- "I've got to do it" -- Epilogue: "They did great damage"

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CIA, the FBI, the mafia, and the Kennedys--and one senator's fight to save democracyCentral Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the mafia, and the Kennedys--and one senator's fight to save democracy

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