The Frank Church committee concluded in the 1970s that, in every administration since the Woodrow Wilson era, America’s intelligence-gathering agencies had been used for political espionage I’ve often repeated that claim, suggesting it’d be foolish to believe it no longer happens For years, people have brushed it aside They can’t brush it aside any longer The enemies within our government have left us no choice but to (1) assume it has never stopped happening, and (2) dramatically restrict the power of the agencies involved