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CIA Mail Interception Program (HTLINGUAL)

RecordOBS-0267
CategoryGovernment/Surveillance
StatusPARTIALLY SUBSTANTIATED
SummaryHTLINGUAL was a CIA program that intercepted and reviewed mail sent to the Soviet Union and China. The program also targeted civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. The Church Committee investigated this program.
OriginHTLINGUAL began in 1952 and continued until 1973. Its existence was revealed by the Church Committee.
Claimed
  • The CIA intercepted mail to and from the Soviet Union and China.
  • The program was conducted under the guise of foreign intelligence gathering.
  • The program targeted prominent civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr.
Evidence / consensusThe Church Committee confirmed the program's existence and its domestic surveillance aspects. The program was terminated after the committee's findings.
> OBSERVER NOTE:
The program's existence is confirmed. The targeting of King is documented.

Sources

  1. Frank Church and the Church Committee - Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy

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