| Church Committee Hearings - James Angleton | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 3654 |
| Catalog #: | 459744 | |
| Clip Number: | 459744-1 | |
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| Location: | Senate Caucus Room | |
| Year Shot: | 1975 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | GOVERNMENT: Hearings, Church Committee | |
| Description: | (01:05:30) Opens with Senator WALTER MONDALE questioning witness JAMES ANGLETON, former CIA official in charge of mail intelligence operations, Angleton consults his counsel about explaining why certain famous American names were on a CIA list of people whose mail was opened (01:07:30) Hearings host JIM LEHRER voices over to explain this long consultation (01:07:50) Senator JOHN TOWER asks if giving this information would mean disclosing top secret information that has not yet been made public - Angleton responds that he would have to refer to CIA files, that he does not trust his memory on the matter (01:09:10) Tower recognizes Senator HOWARD BAKER, Baker and Angleton discuss Angleton's job as a the head of counter intelligence in the CIA and its relationship to his mail surveilance responsibilities (01:12:28) Baker and Angleton discuss at length the possibility and consequences of changing the law to allow for the legal surveilance of international mail and why Angleton considers necessary to preserve the national security (01:16:15) Baker and Angleton discuss the policy of detente and Angleton's CIA working relationship to it (01:18:00) Baker confirms that in the future extra-legal intelligence gathering should be subject to congressional review to determine if legislative changes are in order (01:18:47) Tower recognizes Senator WALTER HUDDLESTON, Huddleston has Angleton explain the actual mail opening and reviewing process, and then define Huston Plan terminology of: electronic surveilance, surrepticious entry, and the development of campus sources (01:23:25) Huddleston and Angleton discuss problems between the CIA and FBI and what caused J. EDGAR HOOVER to break communication with the CIA (01:28:04) Huddleston and Angleton discuss Hoover's motivation for breaks with the CIA that related to his desire to maintain a good public image and avoid getting caught with implementing illegal operations (01:30:05) Huddleston and Angleton discuss the Attorney General's relationship to the Huston plan (01:32:10) Committee Chairman FRANK CHURCH recognizes Senator SCHWIEKER, Schwieker and Angleton discuss Presidential Counsel JOHN DEAN's committee on improving intelligence gathering techniques, whether or not it merely picked up where the Huston plan left off in calling for the same operations and if it led to the the formation of the plumbers unit which executed tactics it authorized | |
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