Morton Halperin v. Henry Kissinger Morton Halperin v. Henry Kissinger, Richard M. Nixon, John N. Mitchell, and H. R. Haldeman

U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit · Decided 1979-07-12

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J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Chief Judge: Morton Halperin, a former member of the National Security Council (NSC) staff, and his family sued ten federal officials for money damages following revelations that their home telephone had been tapped by the Government from May 1969 until February 1971. 1 The Halperins alleged that the wiretap, which was installed during an investigation into public disclosures of…

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