Petersen Committee organization
also: committee, Committee, committee headed by Assistant Attorney General Henry Peterson, Committee which studied COINTELPRO in 1974, intradepartmental committee, Justice Department committee, Petersen committee's report, the Committee
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Henry Petersen headed
Petersen Committee documented
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“A Justice Department committee chaired by Assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen sharply rejected this view…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.179
Petersen Committee member_of
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“A Justice Department committee chaired by Assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.179
Henry Peterson headed
Petersen Committee documented
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“Responsibility for this inquiry was assigned to a committee headed by Assistant Attorney General Henry Peterson.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.146
Petersen Committee spied_on
COINTELPRO documented
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“Responsibility for this inquiry was assigned to a committee headed by Assistant Attorney General Henry Peterson. ... Departmental inquiry into the FBI's COINTELPRO practices…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.146
Petersen Committee exposed
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
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“The Petersen Committee sharply rejected this view especially because the ad hoe equivalent of the T'.S Intelligence Board had improved the discredited 'Huston plan' in 1970 The Committee declared 'There can he no doubt that in the area of f…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.146
Petersen Committee worked_for
Henry Petersen documented
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“FBI Memorandum 'Overall Recommendations Counterintelligence Activity, Appendix to Petersen Committee Report Henry Petersen Testimony 12/8/75 Hearings Vol 6 pp 270-71…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.147
Petersen Committee member_of
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“The Petersen Committee composed of Department of Justice attorneys and Bureau agents was formed in 1974…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.14
Saxbe appointed
Petersen Committee documented
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“The Petersen Committee composed of Department of Justice attorneys and Bureau agents was formed in 1974 at the request of Attorney General Saxbe to investigate COINTELPRO…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.14
Petersen Committee founded
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“The Petersen Committee which was formed within the Justice Department to investigate COINTELPRO at Attorney General Saxbe's request worked only with Bureau-prepared summaries of the COINTELPRO files.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.18
William Saxbe ordered_assassination_of
Petersen Committee documented
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“The Petersen Committee which was formed within the Justice Department to investigate COINTELPRO at Attorney General Saxbe's request worked only with Bureau-prepared summaries of the COINTELPRO files.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.18
Petersen Committee exposed
COINTELPRO documented
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“The Petersen Committee said that some COINTELPRO actions were 'abhorrent in a free society.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.61
Petersen Committee met_with
FBI documented
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“The Petersen Committee twice asked the Bureau for documents showing outside knowledge and twice was told there were none…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.71
Henry Petersen worked_for
Petersen Committee documented
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“(Staff interview with Henry Petersen.)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.71
Henry Petersen headed
Petersen Committee documented
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“In January 1974 Attorney General Saxbe asked Assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen to form an intradepartmental committee to study COINTELPRO and report back to him.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.79
Petersen Committee member_of
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“The committee was composed of both Department attorneys and Bureau agents…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.79
Federal Bureau of Investigation member_of
Petersen Committee documented
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“The committee was composed of both Department attorneys and Bureau agents…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.79
Petersen Committee proposed
FBI documented
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“The committee proposed that the Attorney General issue a directive to the FBI prohibiting it from instituting any counterintelligence program such as COINTELPRO without his prior knowledge and approval…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.81