I'll try this again.
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53-47
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(1989) SENATE KILLS TOWER'S NOMINATION AS DEFENSE CHIEF, (53-47)
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John G. Tower - Texas Senator
(1986-87)(Tower Commission)
The commission, composed of former Senator John Tower of Texas, former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, and former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft, was tasked with reviewing the proper role of the National Security Council staff in national security operations generally, and in the arms transfers to Iran specifically.
Check this out:
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Appendix B of the report opens with the line attributed to Juvenal, "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
"Who will guard the guards themselves?"
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If you do a search of, "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
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You find interesting things:
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(lawfareblog.com) BOOK REVIEWS "Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes"
By Steve Slick Thursday, August 9, 2018, 11:45 AM
PDF Version
Review of Loch Johnson’s “Spy Watching: Intelligence Accountability in the United States” (Oxford University Press, 2018).
WOW Check out this book:
"Spy Watching: Intelligence Accountability in the United States"
By: Loch K. Johnson
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An authoritative overview of both America's intelligence agencies and Congress's intermittent efforts to reign them in through oversight.
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Emphasizes the media's crucial role in checking intelligence agencies' secret abuse of power.
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Features new interviews with U.S. spymasters, delving into their view on the tug-of-war between privacy and security.
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Draws on new oral histories from the staff of the Church Committee, which revolutionized intelligence accountability.
Did Q want us to find these crumbs? A Gov Comm's website & a Book about US Intel Agency Accountability.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/03/10/senate-kills-towers-nomination-as-defense-chief-53-47/5e0b1518-4ee7-499e-85b8-b2f9fcb4989a/?utm_term=.b9adf6c7ffd0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Commission
https://www.lawfareblog.com/quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes
https://www.forcenex.us
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/spy-watching-9780190682712?cc=us&lang=en&