Operation CHAOS
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Operation CHAOS was a secret CIA program that conducted extensive domestic surveillance and intelligence-gathering on U.S. citizens, particularly antiwar and dissident groups, during the 1960s and 1970s.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Central Intelligence Agency operation
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domestic surveillance program ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
MH/CHAOS
NERFINISHED
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MHCHAOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archivesOrRecords |
files on hundreds of thousands of individuals
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files on thousands of domestic groups ⓘ |
| authorizedBy | Lyndon B. Johnson administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continuedUnder | Richard Nixon administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| criticizedFor |
exceeding CIA’s foreign intelligence mandate
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spying on U.S. citizens ⓘ violating civil liberties ⓘ |
| dataCollected |
names of individuals
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organizational memberships ⓘ political affiliations ⓘ travel and contact information ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1974 ⓘ |
| exposedBy | press reports in the 1970s ⓘ |
| focus | antiwar movement during the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| inception | 1967 ⓘ |
| investigatedBy |
Church Committee
NERFINISHED
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Rockefeller Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy | example of domestic intelligence overreach by the CIA ⓘ |
| legalStatus | controversial ⓘ |
| location |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| method |
domestic surveillance
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infiltration of groups ⓘ mail opening ⓘ wiretapping ⓘ |
| objective | to determine foreign influence on U.S. protest movements ⓘ |
| operator | Central Intelligence Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oversightIssue | lack of clear statutory authority for domestic spying ⓘ |
| partOf | Cold War intelligence activities ⓘ |
| purpose | to collect intelligence on domestic dissent and antiwar activities ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
COINTELPRO
NERFINISHED
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Project MINARET NERFINISHED ⓘ Project SHAMROCK NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reportedTo | CIA Director NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
public controversy over intelligence abuses
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reforms in U.S. intelligence oversight ⓘ |
| scale | large-scale data collection ⓘ |
| supervisingAgency | CIA Directorate of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| target |
U.S. citizens
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anti–Vietnam War activists ⓘ civil rights organizations ⓘ dissident political groups ⓘ student groups ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.