New FBI Guidelines: More COINTELPRO?

The Writing Corner by Beth Wellington | Sep. 4, 2008 (Special Report)

[Disclosure: author is a NewsTrust staff member. The portion quoting Jeanne Roberts was added after her review and hence there is no reference to her relationship to the piece in her review.] At 9:30 a.m. on September 17, the Senate Judiciary Committee will be hearing from Robert S. Mueller, III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the wake of complaints. I wait, wondering, what, if anything, will come out of this hearing--how much further ... Full Story »

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by Jim Lang - Oct. 1, 2008

This is a detailed and well sourced examination of law enforcement's continuing penchant for spying on and harrassing citizens merely suspected of dissent -- and of Mukasey's proposal to further promote the FBI's activities along those lines. While the author's point of view comes through clearly, the piece sticks to the facts and the the arguments rely on documentation rather than assertion.