NSA intelligence analyst Russell Tice contacts the Senate Intelligence Committee and journalists to report illegal domestic surveillance programs targeting American citizens without warrants. Tice revealed that NSA was conducting mass surveillance of Americans’ communications under programs …
Russell TiceNSASenate Intelligence CommitteeJames RisenNew York Times+1 morensa-whistleblowingillegal-surveillanceconstitutional-violationwarrantless-surveillancemass-surveillance
Nixon and Kissinger launch Operation Menu, a covert bombing campaign against neutral Cambodia conducted without congressional authorization or public knowledge. The secret carpet-bombing campaign—with missions codenamed Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack, Dessert, and Supper—is confirmed at an Oval …
President Richard NixonNational Security Advisor Henry KissingerSecretary of Defense Melvin LairdSecretary of State William RogersGeneral Earle Wheeler+1 morewar-crimesgovernment-deceptionmilitary-industrial-complexillegal-surveillanceconstitutional-violations