The Family Jewels
The “Family Jewels” is the nickname for a 1973 internal CIA compilation of activities that potentially violated the Agency’s charter — assassination plots, domestic surveillance, mail opening, and more. Released in 2007, it remains a landmark declassified document.
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What you’ll find
- Assassination-plot records (Castro and others)
- Domestic surveillance and mail-opening (HTLINGUAL)
- Experiments and operations flagged for review
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