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Slight question...

...what IS the CIA's charter? Do we have a copy here, or on Wikisource? 68.39.174.238 14:56, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The CIA is chartered in accordance with 50(15)I §403–4 and §403–4a of the US code.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.56.3.39 (talk • contribs) 03:13, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a PDF or zipped version available? I don't want to download 702 GIFs.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.162.20.50 (talk • contribs) 12:50, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Here you go: Full report (27 MB)Abecedare 14:48, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

File appears to damaged, can someone upload a correct file? Thank you! --CedricVonck 16:28, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It should be OK now. I had misformatted the link. Abecedare 16:44, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

I think the title should be changed to "Family jewels reports". This current title is too long and not really makes sense (should it be that all documents by CIA entitled (Central Intelligence Agency)? ). It's feasible for the readers when type the keywords Family jewels reports rather than go to the disambig page. A W 04:14, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the current name is too long, but I don't agree with the proposed name-change. The solution is simple: change (Central Intelligence Agency) to (CIA). There's no compelling need to spell out the full name for this article, since it isn't the main article on that subject.

One other point: the word "jewels" should be capitalized, since "Family Jewels", though an unofficial term, is nonetheless, a proper name (or proper noun). I thinks it's worth noting that the Chief Historian of the CIA is using the term "Family Jewels" (capitalized). (see this link)

In short, I propose that the name be changed to "Family Jewels (CIA)". Cgingold 13:29, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. As Family Jewels (CIA) redirect here, you should follow the procedure at WP:RM to achieve this move. Tazmaniacs 15:04, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Un-redacted information

Does anyone know to which Miss King this is referring to? The CIA seems to have redacted her name in one instance, but misses it in the second.

From page 26 of the PDF: "Survalinces included coverage of the activities of Miss King..." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.44.13.238 (talk) 19:44, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Probably Coretta Scott King, who was under surveillance by the FBI from '68-'72. 208.118.163.99 (talk) 18:40, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reference to Robert Kennedy

The White House memo cited does not mention Robert Kennedy authorizing an assassination on Castro. It merely states Richard Helms claims Robert Kennedy managed the "operations on the assassination of Castro." Furthermore, the attempts on Castro's life began before Robert Kennedy took office. The reference to Kennedy should be removed until documentation can be provided. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.72.242.38 (talk) 20:15, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Removed material

I have removed the section titled "Others" that included the following material:

The documents also include Watergate-related items (p. 350-351) as well as a joint USAID-OPS operation concerning training foreign police in bomb-making, sabotage, etc. (one quotes Dan Mitrione,^[1] responsible for the Office of Public Safety in Uruguay.

They also highlight equipment support to local police, which could have been considered illegal under the National Security Act of 1947 (page 6).

The Family Jewels also document the infiltration and surveillance of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD), the predecessor to the DEA, on requests of the BNDD's director in order to root out corruption from among its ranks.

The CIA also surveilled black nationalism in the Caribbean and in the US, producing two memorandums in 1969 and 1970 (p. 188). It focused primarily on Stokely Carmichael's visits to the Caribbean Islands, and concluded that there was no "evidence of important links between militant blacks in the US and the Caribbean." A copy of these reports "was inadvertently sent to the FBI."

After FBI director John Edgar Hoover's public statement that "the Black Panthers are supported by terrorist organizations," the CIA responded in December 1970 that they "found no indication of any relationship between the fedayeen and the Black Panthers." (p. 283)

Apart from surveilling student activism in the US (in particular the Students for a Democratic Society, SDS), the CIA also had surveys in 19 countries, from Argentina to Yugoslavia (p. 191).

The CIA requested to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) "the establishment of a two-acre plot of opium poppies at a USDA research site in Washington, to be used for tests of photo-recognition of opium poppies" (p. 246). The agency was then investigating into multi-spectral sensors (p. 254 and 257).

Some pages are also dedicated to the Pentagon Papers (p. 288 sq.), leaked in 1971 by Daniel Ellsberg who became the subject of focused attention.

References

^ 10) CIA counter-intelligence official James J. Angleton and issue of training foreign police in bomb-making, sabotage, etc. (pp. 599-603), National Security Archive

This is cherry-picked primary source material. Inclusion of material should be based upon coverage in reliable secondary sources. - Location (talk) 04:56, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] 10) CIA counter-intelligence official James J. Angleton and issue of training foreign police in bomb-making, sabotage, etc. (pp. 599-603), National Security Archive

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