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During the Ford administration Colby insisted on going public about the CIA's role in [[illegal]] activities such as tapping the telephones and opening the mail of Americans; plotting the assassination of [[Fidel Castro]], and using human guinea pigs for mind-control experiments involving [[LSD]]. These were released in the so-called 'Family Jewels'.<ref>National Security Archive [http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/ "Family Jewels".]</ref>
During the Ford administration Colby insisted on going public about the CIA's role in [[illegal]] activities such as tapping the telephones and opening the mail of Americans; plotting the assassination of [[Fidel Castro]], and using human guinea pigs for mind-control experiments involving [[LSD]]. These were released in the so-called 'Family Jewels'.<ref>National Security Archive [http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB222/ "Family Jewels".]</ref>
Testifying before the House Select Committee on Intelligence on November 6, 1975, CIA Director William Colby acknowledged that in the [[1964 presidential election]] a CIA official attached to the [[National Security Council]] spied on and procured documents from the [[Barry Goldwater]] campaign under orders from President [[Lyndon Johnson]] and, with the help of another CIA employee, got advance texts of Goldwater's speeches and reported regularly on the campaign to the CIA.<ref>Lasky, p. 187 </ref>
Testifying before the House Select Committee on Intelligence on November 6, 1975, CIA Director William Colby acknowledged that in the [[1964 presidential election]] a CIA official working in the [[White House]] and attached to the [[National Security Council]] spied on and procured documents from the [[Barry Goldwater]] campaign under orders from President [[Lyndon Johnson]]. With the help of another CIA employee, Johnson and the White House received advance texts of Goldwater's speeches and other reports on the campaign.<ref>Lasky, p. 187 </ref>
[[George H.W. Bush]] was his successor as CIA director.
[[George H.W. Bush]] was his successor as CIA director.