United States President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States

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The United States President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States, commonly known as the Rockefeller Commission, was a 1975 presidential commission tasked with investigating alleged illegal domestic activities by the CIA.

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instanceOf United States presidential commission ⓘ
government commission of inquiry ⓘ
aim recommend safeguards against future abuses by the CIA within the United States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rockefeller Commission on CIA Activities ⓘ
appointedBy Gerald Ford ⓘ
archives U.S. National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
chairperson Nelson A. Rockefeller ⓘ
linked to: Nelson Rockefeller
commonName Rockefeller Commission ⓘ
concurrentWith United States House Select Committee on Intelligence ⓘ
United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy Executive order of President Gerald Ford ⓘ
dissolved 1975 ⓘ
endTime 1975 ⓘ
field intelligence studies ⓘ
national security ⓘ
focus CIA files on U.S. citizens ⓘ
CIA involvement in activities against antiwar and dissident groups ⓘ
CIA mail-opening programs within the United States ⓘ
domestic surveillance by the CIA ⓘ
historicalContext post-Watergate reform era ⓘ
inception January 1975 ⓘ
investigatedOrganization Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalBasis Executive Order 11828 ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
member Edgar F. Shannon Jr. ⓘ
Erwin N. Griswold ⓘ
John T. Connor ⓘ
Lane Kirkland ⓘ
Lyman L. Lemnitzer ⓘ
Nelson A. Rockefeller ⓘ
linked to: Nelson Rockefeller

Ronald Reagan ⓘ
namedAfter Nelson A. Rockefeller ⓘ
linked to: Nelson Rockefeller
oversightSubject intelligence oversight ⓘ
partOf post-Watergate intelligence investigations ⓘ
publication Report to the President by the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States ⓘ
reportDate June 1975 ⓘ
reportedTo President of the United States ⓘ
startTime 1975 ⓘ
subjectOf investigation of CIA domestic activities ⓘ
task investigate alleged illegal domestic activities by the CIA ⓘ
review CIA compliance with its charter within the United States ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
typeOfInvestigation fact-finding commission ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rockefeller Commission → hasOfficialName → United States President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States ⓘ
Rockefeller Commission → producedWork → Report to the President by the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States ⓘ
linked to: United States President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States
Pike Committee → seeAlso → Rockefeller Commission ⓘ
linked to: United States President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States
United States President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States → publication → Report to the President by the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States ⓘ
linked to: United States President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States
CIA Technical Services Staff → subjectOf → U.S. congressional investigations into MKUltra ⓘ
linked to: United States President's Commission on CIA Activities within the United States