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Intercept connections were installed at the journalists’ office and homes with assistance from a telephone company official, under CIA Security leadership and coordination with senior government figures. The activity identified extensive contacts and sources, showing that many alleged “leaks” originated from the target reporters’ source network. Retained related materials were secured under restricted access.","# PROJECT MOCKINGBIRD\n\nProject Mockingbird,a telephone intercept activity,was conductedbetween 12 March 1963 and 15 June 1963,and targeted two Washington-based newsmen who,at the time,had been publishing news articlesbased on,and frequently quoting,classified materials of this Agencyand others,including Top Secret and Special Intelligence.  \nTelephone intercept connections were installed at the newmen'soffice and at each of their homes,for a total of 3.The connectionswere established with the assistance of a telephone company officialwho responded to a personal request by the Director of Security,Col.Sheffield Edwards.Col.Edwards'authority for the activity was Mr.John A.McCone,Director of Central Intelligence.The latter conductedthe activity in coordination with the Attorney General(Mr.Robert Kennedy),the Secretary of Defense(Mr.Robert Mc Namara),and the Director ofthe Defense.Intelligence Agency (Gen.Joseph Carroll).In addition toOffice of Security personnel directly involved in the intercepts andresearch of materials acquired therefrom,only 3.other Agencyofficials are on record as witting of the activity:the Deputy Directorof Central Intelligence(General Marshall S.Carter),the InspectorGeneral(Lyman Kirkpatrick)and the General Counsel.(Mr.LawrenceHouston).  \nThe intercept activity was particularly productive in identifying con-tacts of the newsmen,their method of operation and many of their sourcesof information.For example,it was determined that during the period theyreceived data from 13 newsmen,12 of whom were identified;12 senatorsand 6members of Congress,all identified;21 Congressional staff members,of whom 1l were identified;16government employees,including a staffmember of the White House,members of the Vice President's office,anAssistant Attorney General,and other well-placed individuals.A numberof other sources were partially or tentatively identified,but the short spanof the activity precluded positive identification.It was observed that throughthese contacts the newsmen actually received more classified and officialdata than they could use,and passed some of the stories to other newsmenfor release,establishing that many \"leaks\"appearing under other by-lineswere actually from the sources of the target newsmen.  \nSince the termination of Project Mockingbird,those materials relatedto it which were retained,have been maintained under strict security accessof two Office of Security professionals.  \n00021  \n\n|  |\n| --- |","cbCaiuTpI5KVASRk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuTpI5KVASRk","pdf",73673,5,1,"English","en",105,"# Project scope and timeline\n## Installation and authorization\n# Coordination with senior officials\n## Intercept productivity and source identification\n# Post-termination records security","[{\"question\":\"What was Project Mockingbird and when did it run?\",\"answer\":\"Project Mockingbird was a telephone intercept activity targeting two Washington-based newsmen. 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