Long Hidden Spy Chief Testimony Uncovered in National Archives

Counterintelligence spy chief James Angleton’s testimony to the Church Committee was uncovered by The Epoch Times hours after declassification.

The Epoch Times uncovered the transcript of former CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton's 1976 testimony to the Church Committee. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—The transcript of former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) counterintelligence chief James Angleton’s testimony to the Senate Church Committee in 1976 was discovered in the locked stacks of the National Archives by The Epoch Times.

Long sought by historians, the 72 pages of transcription from the hearing remained classified and hidden from the public for nearly 50 years.