Cornelius Gallagher
 Cornelius Gallagher    (politician) | ||||||||||
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| Born | March 2, 1921 Bayonne, New Jersey | |||||||||
| Died | October 17, 2018 (Age 97) | |||||||||
| Nationality | US | |||||||||
| Alma mater | John Marshall College, John Marshall Law School | |||||||||
| Victim of | J. Edgar Hoover | |||||||||
| Party | Democratic | |||||||||
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Cornelius Edward "Neil" Gallagher was a US politician.
Conflict with J. Edgar Hoover
As a congressman, Gallagher chaired the Invasion of Privacy Subcommittee.[1] Gallagher was a critic of the tactics of Federal Bureau of Investigation Director J. Edgar Hoover and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Gallagher was approached by attorney Roy Cohn, who asked him on behalf of Hoover to hold hearings which would shift the blame for government surveillance from Hoover to Kennedy. Gallagher refused.[2]
Media accounts then surfaced, including Life magazine,[1] which contained alleged leaked material from FBI wiretaps suggesting that Gallagher was connected to the mafia, Gallagher accused Hoover of fabricating the stories to hound him from public life.[3][4] Cohn met with Gallagher again, demanding on Hoover's behalf that he resign or face further allegations.[2]
Gallagher was accused of evading payment of $74,000 in federal income taxes in 1966. He pled guilty in 1972 to tax evasion and perjury, sentenced to two years in prison and fined $10,000.[1][5]
A book detailing Gallagher's side of the story was published in 2003.[6]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1963 | 29 March 1963 | 31 March 1963 | France Cannes Hotel Martinez | The 12th Bilderberg meeting and the second one in France. |
References
- ↑ a b c Biographical sketch, congressional archives, University of Oklahoma Archived 2013-10-03 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ a b Summers, Anthony, Official and Confidential: the Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover, Open Road Media, Jan 17, 2012
- ↑ MafiaNJ.com presents La Cosa Nostra, State of New Jersey Commission of Investigation 1989 Report, GET NJ, Jersey City N.J. p. 38.
- ↑ Gentry, Curt, J. Edgar Hoover, the Man and his Secrets, W. W. Norton & Company, Feb 17, 2001
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/16/archives/gallagher-gets-2-years-and-10000-fine-gallagher-gets-2year-sentence.html
- ↑ Felber, Ron (2003). The Privacy War: One Congressman, J. Edgar Hoover and the Fight for the Fourth Amendment. Montvale, NJ: Croce Publishing Group, LLC. ISBN 0-9719538-9-9
