Bureau of Prohibition organization
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Bureau of Prohibition spied_on
criminal and intelligence investigations documented
document
“it left agencies such as the Bureau of Prohibition and the Bureau of Investigation (the former name of the FBI) free to engage in the unrestricted use of wiretapping in both criminal and intelligence investigations…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.280
Bureau of Prohibition subsidiary_of
Department of the Treasury documented
document
“During the 1920's wiretapping was extensively used by the Bureau of Prohibition then a part of the Department of the Treasury…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.283
William B. Mitchell appointed
Bureau of Prohibition documented
document
“He ultimately resolved his dilemma by permitting both the Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Prohibition to engage in wiretapping with senior level approval for limited purposes…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.284
Civil Service Commission recruited
Bureau of Prohibition documented
document
“To carry out this chore the Commission hastily recruited and trained 40 investigators…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.114