Widely known as the "Family Jewels," this document consists of
almost 700 pages of responses from CIA employees to a 1973
directive from Director of Central Intelligence James Schlesinger
asking them to report activities they thought might be inconsistent
with the Agency's charter.The reports describe numerous activities
conducted by the CIA during the 1950s to 1970s that violated its
charter. According to a briefing provided by CIA Director William
Colby to the Justice Department on December 31, 1974, these
included 18 issues which were of legal concern:
Confinement of a KGB defector, Yuri Ivanovich Nosenko, that
"might be regarded as a violation of the kidnapping laws."
Wiretapping of two syndicated columnists, Robert Allen and Paul
Scott, approved by US Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Secretary
of Defense Robert McNamara (see also Project Mockingbird).
Physical surveillance of investigative journalist and muckraker
Jack Anderson and his associates, including Les Whitten of the
Washington Post and future Fox News Channel anchor and managing
editor Brit Hume. Jack Anderson had written two articles on
CIA-backed assassination attempts on Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Physical surveillance of then-Washington Post reporter Michael
Getler, who later was an ombudsman for the Washington Post and
PBS.
Break-in at the home of a former CIA employee.
Break-in at the office of a former defector.
Warrantless entry into the apartment of a former CIA
employee.
Opening of mail to and from the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1973
(including letters associated with actress Jane Fonda) (project
SRPOINTER/HTLINGUAL at JFK airport).
Opening of mail to and from the People's Republic of China from
1969 to 1972 (project SRPOINTER/HTLINGUAL at JFK airport - see also
Project SHAMROCK by the NSA).
Funding of behavior modification research on unwitting US
citizens, including unscientific, non-consensual human experiments.
(see also Project MKULTRA concerning LSD experiments).
Assassination plots against Cuban President Fidel Castro
(authorized by Robert Kennedy) 8]; Congolese leader Patrice
Lumumba; President Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic; and
Rene Schneider, Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army. All of
these plots were said to be unsuccessful ones.
Surveillance of dissident groups between 1967 and 1971 (see
Project RESISTANCE, Project MERRIMAC and Operation CHAOS).
Surveillance of a particular Latin American female, and of US
citizens in Detroit.
Surveillance of former CIA officer and Agency critic, Victor
Marchetti, author of the book, The CIA and the Cult of
Intelligence, published in 1974.
Amassing of files on 9,900-plus US citizens related to the
antiwar movement (see Project RESISTANCE, Project MERRIMAC and
Operation CHAOS).
Polygraph experiments with the sheriff of San Mateo County,
California.
Fake CIA identification documents that might violate state
laws.
Testing of electronic equipment on US telephone circuits.
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