Frank Church

It's been nearly 100 years since the birth of Idaho Sen. Frank Church. To mark this anniversary Idaho Matters takes a look back at the politicians life and legacy.

When people look back on the history of Idaho, there are two men in particular who stand out: Frank Church and Jim McClure. Now a new biography is being made about their lives and the legacy they left behind.

Next week marks 100 years since the birth of Idaho Sen. Frank Church.

Idaho Senator Frank Church upended Washington with his committee's investigations into our government's intelligence community and that story is the centerpiece of the best-selling book, "The Last Honest Man" by Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Risen.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author James Risen says he always wanted to look back and do a book about Frank Church. Indeed, that book chronicles the political minefield the late Senator Church navigated via what would be known as “The Church Committee.”

An interview with James Risen, author of The Last Honest Man. The book examines the fight for democracy by Senator Frank Church, a man at the epicenter of numerous investigations into the abuses of power within American government.

Journalist James Risen tells the story of Idaho Sen. Frank Church, who exposed the dirty laundry of the CIA and the FBI nearly 50 years ago, and inspired congressional oversight of intelligence agencies.

Idaho Matters takes a closer look at the life, career and legacy of U.S. Senator Frank Church.

A new house subcommittee is investigating what they call the weaponization of the federal government and speaker of the house Kevin McCarthy and other republicans insist on comparing their subcommittee to the "Church Committee," the highly regarded bipartisan inquiry of the 1970s.

Some Congressional Republicans are calling the newly-established Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government the modern-day "Church Committee," a reference to the historic 1975 committee chaired by Idaho Senator Frank Church that investigated intelligence abuses. But those familiar with Church's work say the nickname is misappropriated.