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Operation Mockingbird

A name used for an alleged CIA program to control the American press; first described in a 1979 book. Not the same as the 1960s wiretaps called Project Mockingbird.

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  • Project Mockingbird Scholarship & press 1
  • The CIA and the American press Scholarship & press 1

    The Church Committee did count about 50 covert relationships with U.S. journalists or media employees. No source here shows a single program that ran the press.

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  1. Examining claims Tulsi Gabbard said alleged CIA plot Operation Mockingbird never ended, Snopes, 2025. Scholarship & press
    Operation Mockingbird should not be confused with Project Mockingbird , a genuine CIA wiretapping program from the 1960s that spied on U.S. journalists.
    Whereas rumors about Operation Mockingbird have never been verified by demonstrable evidence
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