Herbert Brownell Jr. person
also: Attorney General Brownell, Brown, Brownell, Herbert Brownwell
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Claims (7)
Herbert Brownell Jr. proposed
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
document
“Attorney General Brownell issued a sweeping authorization for microphone surveillance even when it involved physical trespass in cases where the Bureau determined such surveillance was in the national interest…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.299
Herbert Brownell Jr. appointed
FBI documented
document
“In the face of the Irvine decision therefore he gave the FBI authority to bug whomever it wished wherever it wished in cases that the Bureau and not the Attorney General determined were 'in the national interest.'…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.179
Herbert Brownell Jr. worked_for
U.S. Department of Justice documented
document
“Two years later Attorney General Brownell issued a sweeping authorization for microphone surveillance...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.299
Herbert Brownell Jr. worked_for
U.S. Department of Justice documented
document
“The Department of Justice approves the use of microphone surveillance by the FBI under these circumstances and for these purposes…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.302
Herbert Brownell Jr. funded
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
document
“The Department of Justice approves the use of microphone surveillance by the FBI under these circumstances and for these purposes…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.302
Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed
Herbert Brownell Jr. documented
“He filled his administration with power players from the Dewey Dulles Rockefeller Luce-dominated New York Nexus, as well as from higher rungs of industry in the Pentagon. Wall Street lawyer Herbert Brownell was named attorney general after …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 9 @ 37:48
Herbert Brownell Jr. covered_up
Jorge Eduardo Galindez documented
“and John Frank was the obvious choice. But as federal prosecutors began to build a case of conspiracy, kidnapping, and homicide against Frank, the CIA's general counsel, Lawrence Houston, and Dulles himself, was disturbed. So they needed to…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 15 @ 35:10
Mentions (6)
▶ 33:46
Dulles blandly replied that the CIA had no jurisdiction on American soil, so the congressman's inquiry about the case was better directed to the FBI. Galendez's case, in fact, was turning into a major source of friction between the two fede…
▶ 35:10
and John Frank was the obvious choice. But as federal prosecutors began to build a case of conspiracy, kidnapping, and homicide against Frank, the CIA's general counsel, Lawrence Houston, and Dulles himself, was disturbed. So they needed to…
▶ 35:40
national security interest. There was no national security interest. It was just embarrassing to the CIA. Brownell's deputies grew frustrated as they tried to peel away the layers surrounding the case. In March of 57, Assistant Deputy Attor…
▶ 2:54
into a domestic drama that touched the hearts of millions. Nixon's enormous relief was shared by the GOP power brokers who had picked him for the race. It was the Dulles Dewey Group that had tapped Nixon for vice president. Their decision w…
▶ 38:25
It was a time of American celebration of unprecedented prosperity and unparalleled military prowess, as well as hair-trigger nuclear tensions. President Eisenhower enjoyed being in the company of wealthy and powerful men. He filled his admi…
▶ 17:44
He would join the Department of Justice in 1955 as an assistant to the Attorney General Herbert Brownwell. The executive assistant. That's one of the gatekeepers. Yes. And he worked mostly on civil liberty cases and the Civil Rights Act of …