Nixon Enemies List entry for
Morton H. Halperin:
| List and position: | First/Top 20, #8 with Charles Colson's blue checkmark |
| Name as originally listed: | Morton Halperin |
| Vitals: | 6/13/1938 - |
| Comment on original list: | leading executive at Common Cause |
| Lists with duplicates of this person: | 1 |
| Gleanings: | |
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense under Johnson 1966-69 where he helped compile the "Pentagon Papers" (as they were later known). - listed both on Top 20 and with Common Cause under "organizations." - Quote when list came out: "I think it's outrageous. It's another indication of the president and his principal associates assuming that they were above the law." - appointed to the National Security Council by Henry Kissinger when Nixon became president. - In May 1969, he was suspected of leaking news of the US bombing of Cambodia and the FBI tapped his phone (long before John Dean started the Enemies List). - sued the government over the phone tap and won a symbolic $5 judgment. - after leaving government service, worked for open-government advocacy organizations including Common Cause (explicit reason for his inclusion on the Enemies List), the ACLU, and later, the Open Society Institute. - 1985 recipient of MacArthur Foundation Fellowship ("genius award"). - returned to government service under President Clinton as Director of the Policy Planning Staff at the State Department 1998-2001. - prolific author, usually as a co-author, with books coming out almost every year. | |
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