Charles Colson person
also: Charles Coulson, Colson, Coulson, Mr Barth, Mr Colson, Mr Finch, Mr HusTON, Mr HUSTON, Mr HusTox, Mr Sullivan
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Claims (19)
John Ehrlichman did_business_with
Charles Colson documented
document
“The entry was approved by two Presidential assistants John Ehrlichman and Charles Colson who argued that it had been justified 'in the national interest.'…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.207
Charles Colson did_business_with
Lewis Fielding documented
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“The entry was approved by two Presidential assistants John Ehrlichman and Charles Colson... involved an entry into the office of a Los Angeles psychiatrist Dr Lewis Fielding…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.207
Charles Colson carried_out_attack
New York mail opening project documented
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“The term "national security" was also used by John Ehrlichman and Charles Colson to justify their roles in the break-in of Dr Fielding's officein 1971…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.224
Charles Colson worked_for
Richard Nixon documented
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“President Nixon's assistants John Ehrlichman and Charles Colson were among five defendants accused of conspiring to deprive a Los Angeles psychiatrist of his Fourth Amendment rights…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.362
Charles Colson carried_out_attack
Daniel Ellsberg alleged
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“President Nixon's assistants John Ehrlichman and Charles Colson were among five defendants accused of conspiring to deprive a Los Angeles psychiatrist of his Fourth Amendment rights 'by entering his officeswithout a warrant for the purpose …”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.362
Charles Colson met_with
E. Howard Hunt documented
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“Howard Hunt testified that somewhere in late 1971 or early 1972 Special Counsel to the President Charles Colson called Hunt into his office and asked him to find a means of discrediting newspaper columnist Jack Anderson…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.140
Charles Colson worked_for
Richard Nixon documented
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“Colson testified that he was asked 'many times by President Nixon to take action to discredit Jack Anderson and action was 'probably taken in response to those requests.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.140
Charles Colson located_in
Old Executive Office Building documented
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“He had a common wall with President Nixon's suite in the Old Executive Office Building…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.140
E. Howard Hunt met_with
Charles Colson documented
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“Colson testified that his logs show that he met with Hunt on March 14 1972…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.141
Charles Colson proposed
Jack Anderson reported
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“Hunt said that he explained to Liddy while walking to the Hay-Adams Hotel that Colson 'wants me to find out something about hallucinogenic drugs and their applications to a particular individual in this instance Jack Anderson and Colson wan…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.142
E. Howard Hunt worked_for
Charles Colson reported
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“Hunt said that he made it clear to the former CIA doctor that he was making this inquiry on behalf of the White House.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.142
E. Howard Hunt met_with
Charles Colson reported
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“Hunt said he promptly reported to Charles Colson that he met with 'a former CIA physician who knows something about these things…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.143
Richard Nixon met_with
Charles Colson documented
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“Did President Nixon call a meeting in his office on June 5 1970 to discuss with the heads of the intelligence agencies the subject of restraints upon intelligence collection…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.10
Charles Colson worked_for
Richard Nixon documented
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“Which I submitted to Mr Haldeman for transmittal to the President…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.13
Charles Colson member_of
Special Service Staff documented
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“That includes Mr Thrower Mr Barth Mr Green Mr Bacon Each one of these people by affidavit have indicated that the Special Service Staff was set up at the initiative of the IRS personnel…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.18
Walter Mondale met_with
Charles Colson documented
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“Senator MONDALE Thank you Mr Chairman Earlier Mr Huston you indicated that one of the great needs in this whole field was to draw the line between what I guess you would say were legitimate functions of these agencies and a point where they…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.52
Charles Colson linked_to
Daniel Ellsberg documented
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“Charles Colson who pleaded guilty to a civil rights offense for leaking information about Daniel Ellsberg's lawyer to a journalist had said that he believed that the FBI was doing the same thing…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.175
Lucien Conein worked_for
Charles Colson book_quoted
“and others during Lucian Koenig's tenure in the White House. Recruited in 1970 by E. Howard Hunt, Koenig handled various assignments for Charles Coulson and later for E. Gale Crow. And who was he? Oh, the guy that ran the plumber's unit. It…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Spooks Part 5 @ 32:51
Charles Colson ordered_assassination_of
John F. Kennedy book_quoted
“to implicate President Kennedy in the DM assassination by suggesting to the press that Kennedy knew in advance of the plot to execute the leader. Koenig, having monitored those plots while a CIA officer in Saigon, did as Coulson asked and r…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Spooks Part 5 @ 8:30
Mentions (3)
▶ 7:53
he does correctly identify the fact that the CIA was involved in setting up the financing and couriers of the drugs. And there is a footnote that I need to read. Quote, unquote, retired from the CIA in 1972, Koenig was persuaded by Nixon, C…
▶ 8:30
to implicate President Kennedy in the DM assassination by suggesting to the press that Kennedy knew in advance of the plot to execute the leader. Koenig, having monitored those plots while a CIA officer in Saigon, did as Coulson asked and r…
▶ 32:51
and others during Lucian Koenig's tenure in the White House. Recruited in 1970 by E. Howard Hunt, Koenig handled various assignments for Charles Coulson and later for E. Gale Crow. And who was he? Oh, the guy that ran the plumber's unit. It…