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• The Central Intelligence Agency "Family Jewels" is a 702-page collection of documents relating to covert and controversial practices of the CIA during the 1960s and 1970s.

• Fast Facts

  1. First released for investigation in the early '70s
  2. Multiple requests for the documents have been filed over the past 15 years under the Freedom of Information ActNational Security Archive: The CIA's Family Jewels
  3. Originally known as "skeletons" within the CIA

• What the CIA Revealed

  1. Spied on citizens who were part of the anti-war movement in the '60s and '70sInternational Herald Tribune: A glimpse into the CIA's 'Family Jewels'
  2. Suspected John Lennon of funding anti-war activistsNational Security Archive: The CIA's Family Jewels
  3. Tested mood- and mind-altering drugs on animals and unknowing human beingsInternational Herald Tribune: A glimpse into the CIA's 'Family Jewels'
  4. Plotted to assassinate Fidel CastroInternational Herald Tribune: A glimpse into the CIA's 'Family Jewels'
  5. Plotted to poison Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Republic of CongoNational Security Archive: The CIA's Family Jewels
  6. Spied on journalists via wiretapInternational Herald Tribune: A glimpse into the CIA's 'Family Jewels'

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