Event
Project Mockingbird
A CIA wiretapping program that targeted journalists in the 1960s.
Connections 2
involved
- Central Intelligence Agency wiretapped a columnist in the 1960s Scholarship & press 1
not the same as
- Operation Mockingbird Scholarship & press 2
Proof 2 sources
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We missed a bunch of long-forgotten leak hunts, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 2023.
Scholarship & press
CIA Director William J. Burns wrote to Jim Scott, the son of a columnist who had been wiretapped by the agency in the 1960s as part of “Project Mockingbird.”
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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.
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