The CIA's Family Jewels: Assassination Plots, Domestic Spying, Human Experiments, and the Secrets Buried After Watergate

The CIA made a list of secrets it could no longer afford to ignore

In 1973, as Watergate threatened to pull the intelligence community into a widening scandal, CIA Director James Schlesinger ordered employees to report activities that might have crossed the Agency's legal charter. The result became known as the Family Jewels.

The records describe Mafia-linked plots against Fidel Castro, surveillance of American journalists, domestic intelligence programs, mail opening, experiments involving unwitting subjects, technical assistance to police, the confinement of a disputed Soviet defector, and the long shadow of Watergate.

Inside this complete edition

• 12 professionally written investigative chapters
• 65 pages of new editorial narrative and context
• Authentic historical photographs and reproduced CIA documents
• Timeline, key people, source guide, and topic index
• Clickable contents and PDF bookmarks
• The complete 702-page CIA release in unaltered facsimile

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The editorial section distinguishes documented facts from allegations, limitations, and unresolved questions. Redactions are preserved and never guessed. Published independently by Blooming Rose Books. This edition is not produced, approved, endorsed, or sponsored by the Central Intelligence Agency or any other government body.

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