Foreword / Beverly Gage

Preface: the year of intelligence at fifty

A note on the text

Glossary of agencies, programs, and organizations

Dramatis Personae

Part I: Intelligence activities and the rights of Americans. Introduction ; COINTELPRO: the FBI's covert action programs against American citizens ; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., case study ; Warrantless FBI electronic surveillance ; Warrantless surreptitious entries: FBI "black bag" break-ins and microphone installations ; CIA intelligence collection about Americans: CHAOS and the office of security

Part II: Foreign and military intelligence. Introduction ; Alleged assassination plots involving foreign leaders ; Testing use of chemical and biological agents by the intelligence community ; National security agency surveillance affecting Americans

Part III: Recommendations. Committee Recommendations.