Paul Jay and Burt Wides discuss how candidate Nixon illegally sabotaged peace talks with the North Vietnamese, but President Johnson, who considered him a traitor for doing so, covered it up – Burt Wides on Reality Asserts Itself (2/2) Story Transcript PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome back to Reality Asserts Itself on The Real […]
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Burt Wides is a pro bono advocate on a variety national issues -- especially the balance of national security versus civil liberties and human rights. Burt played a major role in the creation of both Congressional and White House oversight of U.S. intelligence agencies including the CIA, FBI, and NSA. He headed the Church Committee investigation of the CIA, the first ever Congressional investigation of its questionable activities. He then helped create the Senate and House Intelligence Committees; ran the President's Intelligence Oversight Board for Jimmy Carter; and investigated Dick Cheney's War on Terror, including torture and extraordinary rendition for Congressman John Conyers. He has served as chief of staff or senior counsel to three U.S. Senators and two congressional committees.
