'If we won't do it, nobody will': The Burglary that Exposed COINTELPRO
January 7, 2014 12:11 PM Subscribe
In 1971, a group of activists burgled the Media, PA office of the FBI, taking over 1000 classified documents. Two weeks later, identifying themselves as the Citizen's Commission to Investigate the FBI, they began sending documents to reporters, exposing the FBI's program of pervasive surveillance and dirty tricks against left-wing activists, leading to the formation of the Church Committee. The Citizen's Commission was never caught.
Now, nearly 43 years after the burglary, five members of the group have come forward to tell their story. [NYT, autoplaying video] Bonnie Raines, one of the burglars, writes about her motives and compares her actions to those of Edward Snowden, while Glenn Greenwald compares the 1971 revelations with those of the present.
Now, nearly 43 years after the burglary, five members of the group have come forward to tell their story. [NYT, autoplaying video] Bonnie Raines, one of the burglars, writes about her motives and compares her actions to those of Edward Snowden, while Glenn Greenwald compares the 1971 revelations with those of the present.
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Would be funny if the people that came forward in this thread were different people than those in the first thread...
posted by Hairy Lobster at 12:14 PM on January 7, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by Hairy Lobster at 12:14 PM on January 7, 2014 [2 favorites]
IT'S EVEN BIGGER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE
posted by Curious Artificer at 12:15 PM on January 7, 2014
posted by Curious Artificer at 12:15 PM on January 7, 2014
Would be funny if the people that came forward in this thread were different people than those in the first thread...
It's like Murder on the Orient Express--the whole town traipsed through the FBI office that night.
posted by yoink at 12:15 PM on January 7, 2014
It's like Murder on the Orient Express--the whole town traipsed through the FBI office that night.
posted by yoink at 12:15 PM on January 7, 2014
I know I was there.
posted by Rory Marinich at 12:16 PM on January 7, 2014
posted by Rory Marinich at 12:16 PM on January 7, 2014
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