C O N F I D E N T I A L. 911Report. CCS_WCSpecialReportExc. Titled. LEQSPaper21. Titled. The Pike Committee Investigations and the CIA. Looking for a Rogue Elephant Gerald K. Haines A storm broke over the CIA on 22 December 1974, when Seymour Hersh published a front-page article in The New York Times headlined "Huge C.I.A. Operation Reported in U.S. Against Anti-War Forces. " In response, President Ford established a blue-ribbon panel, the Rockefeller Commission, to investigate CIA activities in the United States. These Congressional investigations eventually delved into all aspects of the CIA and the IC. The investigations of the Pike Committee, headed by Democratic Representative Otis Pike of New York, paralleled those of the Church Committee, led by Idaho Senator Frank Church, also a Democrat. The committee soon was at odds with the CIA and the White House over questions of access to documents and information and the declassification of materials. The Nedzi Committee The committee consisted of seven Democrats and three Republicans.
Albert and O'Neill selected Nedzi as committee chairman. The Pike Committee. MANUAL. Hirshon-commission-dossier-english-summary.