Professor @Georgetown // Author, The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States. Cleeeeeeeeeeeevelaaaaaaaaaaaand. This is for you.https://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3me2wvx3utc2hThe great @mguariglia.bsky.social and I talked with @lawfaremedia.org about the Church Committee Report and its legacy. A terrific conversation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgi3SaHA-Xw04 Feb 2026 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2wvx3utc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3md5eak42qs2y🔫🔫 [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jan 2026 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3md5eak42qs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3mcwonojfw22wFRIDAY! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jan 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwonojfw22whttps://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3mccoribzoc2yCampaigns to disrupt progressive social movements. Government agencies violating the constitution. Unaccountable actions in Latin America. The Church Committee warned us fifty years ago. Our publication day is today. https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-church-committee-report-revelations-from-the-bombshell-1970s-investigation-into-the-national-security-state-brian-hochman/4558d5743a8973c4?ean=9781324089377&next=t13 Jan 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccoribzoc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3mccoribzoc2yCampaigns to disrupt progressive social movements. Government agencies violating the constitution. Unaccountable actions in Latin America. The Church Committee warned us fifty years ago. Our publication day is today. https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-church-committee-report-revelations-from-the-bombshell-1970s-investigation-into-the-national-security-state-brian-hochman/4558d5743a8973c4?ean=9781324089377&next=t13 Jan 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccoribzoc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3m7pwibvcqc27People of DC and beyond: we have a Dream Team lined up for the launch of the Church Committee Report at Georgetown on 1/23. Mark your calendars! @mguariglia.bsky.social @wwnorton.com11 Dec 2025 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pwibvcqc27https://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3lzt6dmmfek22Just when you thought the academic job market couldn't get more dystopian: an ad for an opening at . . . ICE.27 Sep 2025 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzt6dmmfek22https://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3lrqn3hdy4k2nOur edition of The Church Committee Report has a cover. Coming Jan '26. @mguariglia.bsky.social and I both hope its relevance diminishes between now and then.16 Jun 2025 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrqn3hdy4k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3lq6h52vjmc2bI don't know, I'm no expert. But now is probably the time for universities in so-called Red States (and also maybe, um, Catholic and Jesuit schools too) to start standing the fuck up. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 May 2025 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6h52vjmc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3lkvhtb2qtc2oThis is gutting news. Sterne was a once-in-a-generation mind. How many careers did his *footnotes* launch, much less books like Audible Past and MP3? [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Mar 2025 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkvhtb2qtc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3lkrnyqva7s2qJesse Helms was the last politician to push for the release of the King recordings, which tells you all you need to know about what this is about. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/mlk-jr-fbi-surveillance-records-unsealed.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share20 Mar 2025 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkrnyqva7s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3ljl7kpxza22eSeems impt to note, aside from the obvious, that the "NO MASKS!" bit openly confirms what activists and scholars have been saying for years: facial recognition technology is widespread and is being used to curtail constitutionally protected rights. (cc: @kashhill.bsky.social) [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Mar 2025 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljl7kpxza22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3lj5xwgepgk22RIP to the one true king27 Feb 2025 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj5xwgepgk22https://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3lixe36pgdk2eHarvard Kennedy School is ***salivating*** for a Bannon or Miller. I'd put money on it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2025 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lixe36pgdk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3liucwl7tvk26Just FYI *thousands* of federal workers were required to complete a workplace harassment training module this past week. The irony isn't lost on any of them.23 Feb 2025 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3liucwl7tvk26https://bsky.app/profile/brianhochman.bsky.social/post/3lisiz6h6b22aTrolling and governance are not the same thing.22 Feb 2025 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:ukpmqa7yu45vbwxt2brj5ygd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lisiz6h6b22a