Huston plan
The Huston Plan was a 43-page draft of security measures prepared by White House Advisor Tom Charles Huston in 1970. The measures were primarily intended to curb the opponents of the Vietnam War, who were classified as left-wing extremists, and consisted of break-ins, illegal electronic surveillance measures and the opening of letters. At one point the document even suggests the establishment of internment camps for anti-war demonstrators. The proposals, which had already been ratified by US President Richard Nixon in mid-July 1970, were not implemented because FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover objected to the measures and won the support of Attorney General John N. Mitchell . The plan was discussed publicly in the context of the Watergate Inquiry Committee and later in the Church Committee .
See also
literature
- Athan G Theoharis: Spying on Americans: Political surveillance from Hoover to the Huston plan , Temple University Press, Philadelphia 1978.