The CIA narrowly avoided being shut down in the 1970s.

Evidence

The CIA is failing to comply with the Freedom of Information Act, and hoarding its secrets forever, because the hoarding of secrets allows it to survive. The Agency narrowly missed being shut down in the 1970s, when the Church Committee pulled the drapes back and showed some of the squirming horror, but it was able to escape dissolution. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 315

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 315
• XREF: connects to: Senator Moynihan proposed dividing the CIA’s functions. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 315

Broader Connections

• Senator Moynihan proposed dividing the CIA’s functions. #expands (0.75) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 315