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Re:Remembering the burglary that broke Cointelpro by honkycat on Thursday March 14, 2019 @11:48AM (#19390324)
If you have never read a book about the abuses by the FBI revealed by the COINTELPRO papers, I highly recommend you pick one up as soon as you can.

CONTELPRO is the perfect example of why saying "I have nothing to fear from the police because I have nothing to hide" is foolish. What if you are an anti-war or civil rights activist?

The book I read recently is titled: "Cointelpro: The FBI's Secret War on Political Freedom" - Nelson Blackstock. Would love recommendations for more recent books, since this one was released in the 80s.

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Re:Remembering the burglary that broke Cointelpro by dleslie on Thursday March 14, 2019 @01:36PM (#19391485)
I rather enjoyed the documentary "1971".

https://thoughtmaybe.com/1971-fbi/

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Re:Remembering the burglary that broke Cointelpro by MrEldritch on Thursday March 14, 2019 @07:54PM (#19395114)
>What if you are an anti-war or civil rights activist?

Presumably, people who say "I have nothing to fear from the police because I have nothing to hide" are neither of those.

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