The FBI spied on the civil rights leader for years. Would releasing its surveillance files just be a further violation of King's privacy, or would it make future abuses less likely?
In 1968, the feds thought that the boxing champion—and future grill salesman—could be a potent weapon against the left.
Hoover’s reign at the FBI compromised American civil liberties and turned the FBI into America's secret police.
The Nixon administration did everything it could to curb antiwar activism. Then the courts said it had gone too far.
The journalist and podcast host on foreign policy, democracy, and habitual law breaking by the NSA, CIA, and FBI
The first FBI director wasn't all bad (or a cross-dresser). But he and the agency he created regularly flouted constitutional limits on power.
The first FBI director wasn't a cross-dresser, says a new biography, but he was often quick to flout constitutional limits on state power.
The FBI used a network of snitches to spy on entertainers and activists, and the Queen of Soul was no exception.
The late standup comedian's FBI file says he "ridiculed the FBI, law enforcement, and high public officials, beyond the bounds of good humor."
Dissident and offbeat religious groups have faced more than a century of surveillance.
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