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Ramsey Clark founded
Interdivision Information Unit documented
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“This desire 'precipitated the intelligence unit established by Attorney General Ramsey Clark in late 1967…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.94
Lyndon B. Johnson appointed
Ramsey Clark documented
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“By 1967 new Attorney General Ramsey Clark reversed the Department's position on such limitations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.99
Ramsey Clark ordered_assassination_of
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
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“In September 1967 Attorney General Clark directed the FBI to use the maximum resources investigative and intelligence to collect and report all facts bearing upon the question as to whether there has been or is a scheme or conspiracy by any…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.99
United States Army met_with
Ramsey Clark documented
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“On January 10 1968 a meeting took place at the White House for the purpose of 'advance planning for summer riots.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.100
Ramsey Clark did_business_with
United States Department of Defense documented
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“It added that the Attorney General and the Deputy Secretary of Defense 'had agreed to coordinate their efforts.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.100
Ramsey Clark did_business_with
United States Department of Justice documented
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“Clark added that 'every resource was needed in 'the intelligence collection effort, although he asked the Defense Department to 'screen its 'incoming intelligence and send 'only key items to the Justice Department…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.100
Ramsey Clark worked_for
United States documented
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“There were no similar electronic surveillance authorizations by Attorney General Ramsey Clark in cases involving purely domestic 'national security' considerations.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.122
Ramsey Clark spied_on
National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam documented
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“Clark turned down FBI requests to wiretap the National Mobilization Committee Officefor Demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.122
Ramsey Clark spied_on
Abba Eban documented
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“Clark has stated that he denied requests 'to tap Abba Eban when he was on a visit to this country…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.122
Ramsey Clark spied_on
United Nations Secretariat documented
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“Clark has stated that he denied requests 'to tap ... an employeeof the United Nations Secretariat…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.122
Ramsey Clark spied_on
Organization of Arab Students in the US documented
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“Clark has stated that he denied requests 'to tap ... the Organization of Arab Students in the US…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.122
Ramsey Clark spied_on
Tanzanian Mission to the U.N. documented
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“Clark has stated that he denied requests 'to tap ... the Tanzanian Missionto the U.N.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.122
Ramsey Clark spied_on
Soviet embassy documented
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“Clark has stated that he denied requests 'to tap ... the officeof the Agricultural Counselorat the SovietEmbassy…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.122
Ramsey Clark spied_on
TASS documented
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“Clark has stated that he denied requests 'to tap ... a correspondent of TASS.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.122
Ramsey Clark worked_for
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“Attorney General Ramsey Clark was asked to approve a 'breaking and entering operation' and declined to do so.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.127
Ramsey Clark worked_for
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
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“The electronic surveillance was authorized by Attorney General Ramsey Clark on October 29 1968...…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.136
Ramsey Clark worked_for
FBI documented
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“Similarly former Attorneys General Nicholas Katzenbach and Ramsey Clark testified that they were familiar with the FBI's efforts to disrupt the Ku Klux Klan through regular investigative techniques but said they were unaware of the offensiv…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.174
Ramsey Clark appointed
J. Edgar Hoover documented
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“He instructed FBI Director Hoover .. we must make certain that every attempt is being made to get all information bearing upon these problems…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.187
Ramsey Clark spied_on
Vietnam documented
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“Electronic surveillance was however directed at the South Vietnamese officials and was approved by Attorney General Ramsey Clark…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.244
Ramsey Clark worked_for
Lyndon B. Johnson documented
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“On at least one occasion a request was channeled through Attorney General Ramsey Clark who supplied Watson (at the latter's request) with a summary of information on the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.246
Ramsey Clark spied_on
National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy documented
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“On at least one occasion a request was channeled through Attorney General Ramsey Clark who supplied Watson (at the latter's request) with a summary of information on the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.246
Ramsey Clark founded
Interdivisional Intelligence Unit documented
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“Another opportunity to coordinate intelligence collection was missed in 1967 when Attorney General Ramsey Clark established the Interdivisional Intelligence Unit (IDII-) to draw on virtually the entire Federal Government's intelligence coll…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.285
Cartha DeLoach covered_up
Ramsey Clark documented
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“Thus DeLoach and Hoover deliberately misled Attorney General Clark by withholding their knowledge of the source of the "leak.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.293
J. Edgar Hoover covered_up
Ramsey Clark documented
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“Thus DeLoach and Hoover deliberately misled Attorney General Clark by withholding their knowledge of the source of the "leak.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.293
J. Edgar Hoover met_with
Ramsey Clark documented
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“The claimed notification to Attorney General Ramsey Clark of the White Hate COINTELPRO consisted of a ten-page memorandum captioned 'Ku Klux Klan Investigations FBI Accomplishments with a buried reference to Bureau informants 'removing Klan…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.298
Cartha DeLoach met_with
Ramsey Clark reported
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“Cartha DeLoach Assistant to the Director during this period testified that he 'distinctly recalled briefing Attorney General Clark 'generally concerning COINTELPRO.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.299
Ramsey Clark worked_for
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
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“RamseyClark testimony 12/3/75 Hearings Vol 6 p 249…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.18
Ramsey Clark exposed
FBI documented
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“Ramsey Clark Attorney General at the time testified that he did not know that either directive had been issued and that 'they are highly improper.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.31
Ramsey Clark worked_for
Civil Rights Division documented
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“He also noted that the Bureau's closeworkingrelationship with state and localpolice forces had made it necessaryto 'preempt the FBI in cases involvingthe investigation of policemisconduct 'we found it necessary to use the Civil Rights Divis…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.31
J. Edgar Hoover met_with
Ramsey Clark documented
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“The memorandum was prepared 'pursuant to your conversation with Cartha DeLoach of this Bureau concerning FBI coverage and penetration of the Ku Klux Klan.'…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.74
Ramsey Clark worked_for
FBI documented
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“Attorney General Ramsey Clark turned down two requests by the FBI for wiretaps on the phones of the SCLC once on January 3 1968 and again on January 17 1969.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.125
Ramsey Clark worked_for
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“In September 1967 Attorney General Ramsey Clark wrote to FBI Director Hoover…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.259
Ramsey Clark met_with
Nicholas Katzenbach documented
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“On November 3 1966 Attorney General Ramsey Clark circulated a memorandum to all United States Attorneys in which he reiterated the 'national security limitation on wiretapping contained in President Johnson's June 30 1965 directive and in K…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.293
Ramsey Clark worked_for
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“Clark's subsequent guidelines for the use of wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping issued in June 1967 to the heads of executive agencies and departments reaffirmed the prohibition of wiretapping in all but 'national security cases'…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.294
Ramsey Clark proposed
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 documented
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“During the Senate debate on the 1968 Act an amendment was proposed to eliminate the references to the domestic security purposes for warrantless electronic surveillance Attorney General Ramsey Clark endorsed the amendment and the Justice De…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.295
Ramsey Clark worked_for
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“As noted above Ramsey Clark testified that while he was Attorney General his practice was "to confine the area of approval to international activitie's directly related to the military security of the United States.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.318
Ramsey Clark denied
United Nations documented
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“He stated that he denied requests "to tap Abba man when he was on a visit to this country an employee of the United Nations Secretariat…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.318
Ramsey Clark denied
Organization of Arab Students in the US documented
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“He stated that he denied requests "to tap Abba man when he was on a visit to this country an employee of the United Nations Secretariat the Organization of Arab Students in the U.S.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.318
Ramsey Clark denied
Tanzanian Mission to the U.N. documented
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“He stated that he denied requests "to tap Abba man when he was on a visit to this country an employee of the United Nations Secretariat the Organization of Arab Students in the U.S. the Tanzanian Mission to the U.N.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.318
Ramsey Clark denied
Soviet embassy documented
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“He stated that he denied requests "to tap Abba man when he was on a visit to this country an employee of the United Nations Secretariat the Organization of Arab Students in the U.S. the Tanzanian Mission to the U.N. the office of the Agricu…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.318
Ramsey Clark denied
TASS documented
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“He stated that he denied requests "to tap Abba man when he was on a visit to this country an employee of the United Nations Secretariat the Organization of Arab Students in the U.S. the Tanzanian Mission to the U.N. the office of the Agricu…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.318
Ramsey Clark appointed
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
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“ized by Attorney General Ramsey Clark on October 29 1968 installed the same day and continued until January 6 1969.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.321
Ramsey Clark removed_from_power
J. Edgar Hoover documented
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“Clark refused to approve the tap He informed Director Hoover the day after the request was made that There has not been an adequate demonstration of a direct threat to the national security…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.355
Ramsey Clark worked_for
United States documented
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“A similar request was channeled through Attorney General Ramsey Clark who supplied a Presidential aide (at the latter's request) with a summary of information concerning the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.495
Ramsey Clark did_business_with
Lyndon B. Johnson documented
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“A similar request was channeled through Attorney General Ramsey Clark who supplied a Presidential aide (at the latter's request) with a summary of information concerning the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.495
Ramsey Clark headed
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“memorandum from Attorney General Ramsey Clark to Director Hoover in September 1967…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.498
Ramsey Clark headed
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“Consequently "there was a desire to have the Justice Department have better intelligence for lack of a better term about dissident groups and this "precipitated the intelligence unit set up by Attorney General Ramsey Clark in late 1967…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.501
Lyndon B. Johnson appointed
Ramsey Clark documented
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“Attorney General Ramsey Clark was appointed chairman of a committee to review the Presidential Emergency Action Documents (PEADs) prepared under the Emergency Detention Program…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.519
Ramsey Clark founded
Interdivision Information Unit documented
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“Attorney General Ramsey Clark created the Interdivision Information Unit…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.289
Ramsey Clark worked_for
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
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“in 1966 when Ramsey Clark was Attorney General they did in fact stop "black bag jobs"…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.114
Ramsey Clark worked_for
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“Ramsey Clark former Attorney General…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.3
Ramsey Clark met_with
FBI documented
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“September 14 1967 memorandum from Ramsey Clark to the Director FBI…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.6
Ramsey Clark met_with
John Doar documented
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“December 18 1967 memorandum from Ramsey Clark to John Doar Fred M Vinson Jr. Roger W Wilkins and J Walter Yeagley re Creation of Inter-division Information Unit…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.6
Ramsey Clark met_with
Fred M. Vinson Jr. documented
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“December 18 1967 memorandum from Ramsey Clark to John Doar Fred M Vinson Jr. Roger W Wilkins and J Walter Yeagley re Creation of Inter-division Information Unit…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.6
Ramsey Clark met_with
Roger W. Wilkins documented
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“December 18 1967 memorandum from Ramsey Clark to John Doar Fred M Vinson Jr. Roger W Wilkins and J Walter Yeagley re Creation of Inter-division Information Unit…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.6
Ramsey Clark met_with
J. Walter Yeagley documented
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“December 18 1967 memorandum from Ramsey Clark to John Doar Fred M Vinson Jr. Roger W Wilkins and J Walter Yeagley re Creation of Inter-division Information Unit…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.6
Ramsey Clark met_with
J. Edgar Hoover documented
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“1968 memorandum from Ramsey Clark to J Edgar Hoover…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.8
Ramsey Clark removed_from_power
FBI documented
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“Attorney General Ramsey Clark turned down FBI requests for authorization to wiretap protest demonstration leaders at the Chicago convention…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.174
William C. DeLoach met_with
Ramsey Clark documented
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“Mr Clark instructed me on one occasion to brief him to assist him in his knowledge concerning FBI activities to brief him concerning all ongoing programs…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.193
Ramsey Clark relationship_with
Martin Luther King Jr. documented
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“I was Attorney General when I)r King was murdered…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.230
Ramsey Clark worked_for
United States Congress documented
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“both Mr Katzenbach and I were deeply involved in the formulation of the existing basic statute that exists today…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.232
Ramsey Clark wrote
Crime in America documented
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“Five years ago writing in Crime in America I observed…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.233
Ramsey Clark proposed
Southern Christian Leadership Conference documented
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“What you have now revealed demands the creation of a national commission empowered to investigate thoroughly all governmental activity relating to Martin Luther King Jr. his movement family friends associates church the Southern Christian L…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.233
Nicholas Katzenbach relationship_with
Ramsey Clark documented
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“I hate to disagree with Ramsey because he's often right and I'm wrong…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.253
J. Edgar Hoover met_with
Ramsey Clark documented
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“Director Hoover sent in a written request to then Attorney General Ramsey Clark on October 29 1968…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.261
Ramsey Clark spied_on
Embassy of South Vietnam documented
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“The Attorney General authorized the installation…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.261
Ramsey Clark covered_up
FBI documented
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“Attorney General RamseyClark turned down FBI requests for authorization to wiretap protest demonstration leadcrs at the Chicago convention…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.491
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