COINTELPRO officially ended years before Nixon resigned, are you saying that means the Church Committee had nothing to do with COINTELPRO?
Remember, only conservatives get into the "history" books for bad deeds.
MSM misreporting does not excuse improper action by conservatives. Just because the crimes of Crook A aren't reported doesn't mean Crook B is innocent.
I was pointing out that domestic surveillance of possible agents of the Soviet Union inside the US did not start or end with NIxon.