LeadAttorney:LizEgler

SecondChair:SarahStaley

HooverProsecutionCrossExaminationQuestions
**Objectifwitnessgivesanextendedanswerjustifyingtheirdirectanswer**

SenatorJosephMcCarthy
:
Q1:
GoodafternoonSenator.Thisisyourtestimonyfordeposition.Isthatcorrect?
AnticipatedResponse:
Yes.

Q2:
Wouldyoumindreadingthehighlightedsection?
AnticipatedResponse:
*Readsit*

Q3:
Senator,doyouhappentoknowaMr.CarthaD.Deloach?
Ifno:
HewasoneofMr.HooverstoplieutenantsintheFBI.

Q4:
Hewrote,SenatorJosephMcCarthywasnopersonalfriendofJ.EdgarHoover.
Hooverdidntlikehim.Isthistrue?
AnticipatedResponse:
No!*flounderflounderflounder*
Ifyes:
Whywereyoulyingintestimony?

Q5:
Senator,areyoucallingoneofthetoplieutenantsintheFederalBureauof
Investigationaliar?
AnticipatedResponse:
Ivecalledbetterpeopleliarsbefore/someothervariantofyes

Q6:
Verywell.PleasemakeanotethatSenatorMcCarthyisaccusingalieutenantofthe
FBIoflying.Senator,doyouknowamanbythenameofEdwardR.Murrow?
Ifyesorno:
HewasformerheadoftheUnitedStatesInformationAgencyandoneofthe
mostrespectedjournalistsduringWWII.

Q7:
Doyouknowwhathesaidaboutyou?
AnticipatedResponse:
No.

Q8:
Relatedtoyouraccusationswithoutevidence,Mr.Murrowsaid,Wemust
rememberalwaysthataccusationisnotproofandthatconvictiondependsuponevidence
anddueprocessoflaw.DoyouagreewithwhatMr.Murrowsaidaboutyou?

AnticipatedResponse:
No!

Q9:
AreyoucallingMr.EdwardR.Murrow,amanawardedtheMedalofFreedom,the
highestcivilianhonoraPresidentcanconferonanAmericancitizen,aliar,Senator
McCarthy?
AnticipatedResponse:
Yes.*Bullcrapresponse*

Q10:
ButSenator,haveyounotrepeatedlyaccusedpeopleofbeingacommunistwithout
evidence?
AnticipatedResponse:
Notnecessarily.

Q11:
OnFebruary9,1950,yougaveaspeech.Inthisspeechyouclaimedyouhadalist
of205governmentworkerswhoyoubelievedwerecommunists.Isthistrue?
AnticipatedResponse:
Yes.

Q12:
Andwhenyoumadethislistdidyouhaveanyevidenceofthembeing
communists?Yes/No?
AnticipatedResponse:
Wehadsuspicion...*notanyactualevidence*

Q13:
WouldntthisbackupMurrowsclaimaboutyourmethods?
AnticipatedResponse:
No.

Q14:
ThanIonlyhaveonemorequestionforyouandIurgethejurytothinkonthis
questionaswell.Doyoubelievethatsuspicionisenoughevidencetoruinapersonslife?
AnticipatedResponse:
Yes.

Thankyou,Senator.Nofurtherquestions,YourHonor.Yourwitness.

AttorneyGeneralRobertF.Kennedy:
Q1:
GoodafternoonAttorneyGeneral.DoyourecallspeakingwithaBritishjournalistin
Decemberof1961?
AnticipatedResponse:
Couldbeeither,nextquestionwillstaythesameeitherway.

Q2:
DoyourecallthatyoutoldthemtheU.S.CommunistPartycouldntbemorefeeble
andlessofathreat,andbesidesitsmembershipconsistslargelyofFBIagent?
AnticipatedResponse:
Maybe???

Q3:
DoyourecallJ.EdgarHooverrequestingauthorizationtoplacewiretapsinthe
officeofStanleyLevisonandMartinLutherKingJr?
AnticipatedResponse:
Yes

Q4:
DidyouknowthatHooverassumedtheauthoritytoplaceroomlisteningdevicein
Levinson'sofficepriortoyourapproval?
Ifyes:
Andyoustillauthorizedthisillegalactionafterwards?
Ifno:
*shufflepapers,lookimportant,moveon*

Q5:
SowhenyoudidauthorizeHooverswiretapsintoMartinLutherKingJr.telephone,
doyourecallthatyougavelimitedclearance?
Ifno:
Youdid,
*showevidence*

Q6:
WithHooverbeentoldtohavelimitclearance,didyoukeepancloseeyeon
Hoover?
AnticipatedResponse:
Notreally,no.

Q7:
WereyouawarethatHooverextendedtheclearancesohismenwere"unshackled"
tolookforevidenceinanyareasofKing'slife?
AnticipatedResponse:
No.

Thankyou,AttorneyGeneral.Nofurtherquestions,YourHonor.Yourwitness.

DirectorJohnEdgarHoover:
Q1:
Goodafternoon,director.DidyoulaunchedtheFBIsCounterintelligenceProgram
(COINTELPRO)in1956?Yes/No?
AnticipatedResponse:
Yes.

Q2:
IsittruethatCOINTELPROtargetedcivilrightsgroupsandleaders?Yes/No
AnticipatedResponse:
Yes.


Q3:
Doyourecallwhereyouwenttocollege?
Followupifyesorno:
GeorgeWashingtonUniveristy,correct?
AnticipatedResponse:
Yes.

Q4:
Doyourecallthatduringcollege,youwereapartoftheKappaAlphaOrder
Fraternity?
AnticipatedResponse:Yes

Q5:
Areyouawareofthereputationoftheorder?
Followup:
TheKappaAlphaOrderFraternityisalsoknownasthe"collegeauxiliaryof
theKuKluxKlan",awhitesupremacistgroup.
Ifno&bluster:
Youdorecall,ofcourse,thatyourmotherwasthehonorary
housemotherofthefraternity?

Q6:
IsittruethatyoudefendedandpraisedtheracistandKuKluxKlansupporting
WhiteCitizensCouncilsintheSouth.Yes/No.
AnticipatedResponse:
No.

Q7:
DoyouremembertheKennedyadministrationcallingupontheFBItoprovide
protectionfortheFreedomRidersin1961?
AnticipatedResponse:
Yes.

Q8:
Isittruethatyouprovidedmonitoringandsurveillancebutdidnothingtoassistthe
FreedomRiderswhowereterrorized,brutallyassaultedandfirebombed?
AnticipatedResponse:
*Tryingtomakeselflookgood*

Thankyou,Director.Nofurtherquestions,YourHonor.Yourwitness.