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Start Over Topic united states governmental investigations Language english Journal conference papers -- american political science association Region united states
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1. The Fifth Column Tactic: Predatory Investigations and the Politics of Internal Security in the 80th Congress.

Author

Grossman, Andrew D. and Oakes, Guy

Subjects
*SUBVERSIVE activities, *INTERNAL security, *INSURGENCY, *UNITED States governmental investigations
Abstract

The 80th Congress was notable for its conduct of a distinctive type of investigation that we will designate as ?predatory? and that was initiated into issues that were, at least ostensibly, centered on internal security. In this paper we consider two questions. What were the conditions for the production of predatory investigations in the 80th Congress? And what problems did these investigations pose for the White House? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2004
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