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 Jeanne Roberts - Sep. 4, 2008

Superb journalism and exhaustive research on the subject of the gradual infringement of American civil liberties. Wellington is correct in her supposition that the hearings will lead to nothing more than "confabulation" behind closed doors. Meanwhile, the events in the Twin Cities during the Republican National Convention are a harsh reminder to citizens that the agencies in charge of maintaining national security see our young people as the threat and the Republicans who have devastated this nation as the ones to be protected.

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