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EspionageCold War

The "Family Jewels" Report

DECLASSIFIED
AgencyCentral Intelligence Agency
Declassified2007
Originated1973

A 693-page internal inventory of CIA activities that 'might be construed to be outside the legislative charter,' compiled by Director James Schlesinger after Watergate.

Why it was classified

It catalogued assassination planning, domestic surveillance of journalists, and mail opening programs — an admission of criminal exposure in written form.

Why it matters

Its eventual leak triggered the Church Committee and the entire modern architecture of intelligence oversight.

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