Francis Biddle person
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Claims (34)
Francis Biddle worked_for
Franklin D. Roosevelt documented
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“President Roosevelt's Attorney General Francis Biddle recalled in his autobiography how J Edgar Hoover shared with him some of the 'intimate details'…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.482
Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed
Francis Biddle documented
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“The confusion as to the breadth of President Roosevelt's authorization reappeared in Attorney General Francis Biddle's description of FBI jurisdiction in 1942…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.44
Francis Biddle headed
United States Department of Justice documented
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“Biddle issued a lengthy order defining the duties of the various parts of the Justice Department in September 1942…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.44
Francis Biddle dissolved
Custodial Detention Program documented
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“In 1943 however Attorney General Biddle ordered that the Custodial Detention List should be abolished as "impractical unwise and dangerous.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.51
Francis Biddle spied_on
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce documented
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“In 1941 _Attorney General Riddle approved a wiretap on the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce with the caveat There is no record of espionage at this time and unless within a month from today there is some evidence connect ing the Chamber of C…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.53
Francis Biddle spied_on
FBI documented
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“However in another case Biddle disapproved an FBI request to wire tap a Philadelphia bookstore…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.53
Francis Biddle worked_for
United States documented
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“However Attorney General Francis Biddle recalled that Attorney General Jackson 'turned it over to Edgar Hoover without himself passing on each case in 1940 and 1941.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.203
J. Edgar Hoover met_with
Francis Biddle documented
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“Former Attorney General Francis Biddle recalled in his autobiography how J Edgar Hoover shared with him some of the 'intimate details' of what his fellow Cabinet members did and said…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.253
Francis Biddle succeeded
Robert H. Jackson documented
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“Francis Biddle who became Attorney General in 1941 stated later…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.285
Francis Biddle met_with
Franklin D. Roosevelt documented
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“Former Attorney General Francis Biddle recalled a meeting with President Roosevelt regarding the FBI wiretap on Harry Bridges 'When all this came out in the newspapers I could not resist suggesting to Hoover that he tell the story of the un…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.287
Francis Biddle met_with
Edgar Hoover documented
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“Former Attorney General Francis Biddle recalled a meeting with President Roosevelt regarding the FBI wiretap on Harry Bridges 'When all this came out in the newspapers I could not resist suggesting to Hoover that he tell the story of the un…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.287
Francis Biddle worked_for
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“Attorney General Francis Biddle announced that FBI agents were in fact authorized to tap wires in cases involving espionage sabotage and serious crimes such as kidnapping after first securing the permission of the FBI Director and the Attor…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.287
Francis Biddle spied_on
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce documented
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“In 1941 for example Attorney General Francis Biddle approved a wiretap on the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce under the standard of 'persons suspected of subversive activities.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.321
Francis Biddle worked_for
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“And that the directive had been followed by Attorneys General Robert Jackson and Francis Biddle…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 5: National Security Agency and Fourth Amendment Rights · p.90
J. Edgar Hoover did_business_with
Francis Biddle documented
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“July 16 1943 memorandum from Francis Biddle to Hugh B Cox and J. Edgar Hoover…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.4
Francis Biddle worked_for
Federal Bureau of Investigation documented
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“The late Francis Biddle Attorney General in the 1940's warned the Nation about... the FBI…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.12
Francis Biddle worked_for
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“In 1943 however the Attorney General then in office Mr Biddle wrote a memorandum for J Edgar Hoover…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.45
Francis Biddle ordered_assassination_of
J. Edgar Hoover documented
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“In 1943 however the Attorney General then in office Mr Biddle wrote a memorandum for J Edgar Hoover in which he instructed J Edgar Hoover to get rid of the lists…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.45
Edward Clark succeeded
Francis Biddle documented
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“In 1948 it was Attorney General Clark…”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.46
J. Edgar Hoover spied_on
Francis Biddle reported
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“President Roosevelt's Attorney General Francis Biddle recalled in his autobiography how J Edgar Hoover shared with him some of the "intimate details of what his fellow Cabinet members did and said "their likes and dislikes their weaknesses …”
source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.169
J. Edgar Hoover met_with
Francis Biddle documented
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“Calling this development to the attention of the Attorney General the Director strongly urged that the President issue a statement…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.410
E. A. Tamm met_with
Francis Biddle documented
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“Tamm also talked with the Attorney General regarding the order…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.410
Francis Biddle worked_for
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“A document to this effect was immediately drafted in the Attorney General's office…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.410
Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed
Francis Biddle documented
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“With respect to investigations generally however the confusion as to precisely what President Roosevelt authorized is indicated by Attorney General Francis Biddle's description of FBI jurisdiction in 1942…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.412
Francis Biddle headed
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“Attorney General Francis Biddle's description of FBI jurisdiction in 1942…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.412
Francis Biddle dissolved
Custodial Detention Program documented
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“when Attorney General Francis Biddle abolished the Custodial Detention List in 1943 the FBI Director did not comply with his order…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.423
Francis Biddle dissolved
Special Departmental Unit documented
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“Attorney General Biddle abolished the Special Unit in July 1943 and transferred its prosecutive functions to the Criminal Division.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.426
Francis Biddle member_of
Biddle Family host_asserted
“Now that's where I know that name. Yeah. Yeah. He was worth bringing up, I think. Oh yeah. We've got the Biddle family, B-I-D-D-L-E. We stumbled upon that family a little bit in our journeys. They actually had some, you know, they actually …”
▶ The Shadow State 36 Secret Societies 20; The Groton School @ 32:30
Francis Biddle headed
Nuremberg trials host_asserted
“Francis is known, he was the U.S. Attorney General, and then he was the Chief American Justice at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II. Yep. Once again, you got to have an insider running the Nuremberg Trials. Because we're letting all t…”
▶ The Shadow State 36 Secret Societies 20; The Groton School @ 33:05
Francis Biddle member_of
Biddle Family host_asserted
“Now that's where I know that name. Yeah. Yeah. He was worth bringing up, I think. Oh yeah. We've got the Biddle family, B-I-D-D-L-E. We stumbled upon that family a little bit in our journeys. They actually had some, you know, they actually …”
▶ SECRET SOCIETIES COLONEL TOWNER with Special Guest WARHAMSTER BRADY #35 @ 32:12
Francis Biddle covered_up
Herbert Pell documented
“the use of a conspiracy prosecution against the SS and Nazi party for at least the next six months, in part due to Hackworth's prompting, Attorney General Francis Biddle, B-I-D-D-L-E, also opposed Pell's initiatives in the War Department's …”
▶ The Colonels Corner The Splendid Blond Beast Part 11 @ 38:37
Francis Biddle member_of
CFR book_quoted
“Six of the 10 committee members were CFR. And then 20th Century Fund, I've come across that one, a whole lot involved in the CIA. They had about $18 million as of 1958. Adolph Burrell, Francis Biddle. These, again, are all names that we've …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot Part 6 (redo) @ 26:43
Francis Biddle headed
Nuremberg trials host_asserted
“Francis is known. He was the U.S. Attorney General. And then he was the chief American justice at the Nuremberg trials after World War II. Yep. Once again, you got to have an insider running the Nuremberg trials because we're letting all th…”
▶ SECRET SOCIETIES COLONEL TOWNER with Special Guest WARHAMSTER BRADY #35 @ 32:47
Nancy Whitney Marie Leeds Wynkoop relationship_with
Francis Biddle host_asserted
“His notability, he's a businessman, philanthropist. They're all philanthropists because they care so much about everyone else. He's involved in the thoroughbred horse racing, and the Whitney stable is very famous for breeding some of the gr…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Operation Gladio meets Secret Societies @ 1:06:10
Mentions (5)
▶ 23:51
about $18 million as of 1958. Adolph Burrell, Francis Biddle. These again are all names that we've talked about. Arthur Burns, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Arthur Schlesinger. Of their 20 officers, 13 were CFR members. And then he spends a little…
▶ 38:37
the use of a conspiracy prosecution against the SS and Nazi party for at least the next six months, in part due to Hackworth's prompting, Attorney General Francis Biddle, B-I-D-D-L-E, also opposed Pell's initiatives in the War Department's …
▶ 32:30
Now that's where I know that name. Yeah. Yeah. He was worth bringing up, I think. Oh yeah. We've got the Biddle family, B-I-D-D-L-E. We stumbled upon that family a little bit in our journeys. They actually had some, you know, they actually …
▶ 33:05
Francis is known, he was the U.S. Attorney General, and then he was the Chief American Justice at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II. Yep. Once again, you got to have an insider running the Nuremberg Trials. Because we're letting all t…
▶ 1:06:28
His notability, he's a businessman, philanthropist. They're all philanthropists because they care so much about everyone else. He's involved in the Thoroughbred Horse Racing, and the Whitney Stable is very famous for breeding some of the gr…