If you have time to investigate the boundaries of democracy and government overstepping it, this is a fascinating mini documentary (13 minutes) from the NYTimes on a group that stole FBI documents (the old fashioned way by breaking and entering) in 1971 and then released them to the WashPost. The papers showed that the FBI was not only watching political activists, but US Senators, diplomats, sports' stars, predominant Americans and more and some of them even had their offices and homes broken into, mail opened and others were blackmailed. The break-in lead to the FISA court and to Congress reigning in the FBI. Obviously the perpetrators compare themselves to Ed Snowden. The burglars were never caught and are now hawking a book!
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Before Snowden
If you have time to investigate the boundaries of democracy and government overstepping it, this is a fascinating mini documentary (13 minutes) from the NYTimes on a group that stole FBI documents (the old fashioned way by breaking and entering) in 1971 and then released them to the WashPost. The papers showed that the FBI was not only watching political activists, but US Senators, diplomats, sports' stars, predominant Americans and more and some of them even had their offices and homes broken into, mail opened and others were blackmailed. The break-in lead to the FISA court and to Congress reigning in the FBI. Obviously the perpetrators compare themselves to Ed Snowden. The burglars were never caught and are now hawking a book!
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![](<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6eIlPKvkU2I/TlqhssnGzcI/AAAAAAAAB3c/bXB7oCUuB5I/s1600/cover_thumb_paletz.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6eIlPKvkU2I/TlqhssnGzcI/AAAAAAAAB3c/bXB7oCUuB5I/s1600/cover_thumb_paletz.png" /></a></div> I have been waiting for <a href="http://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/catalog/editions/378">this e-book</a> for three months since fellow blogger Frank Franz (Pantherfan) told me about it. It is an entirely free AP book complete with pictures and loads as quickly as others out there. It is put out by Flat Knowledge. If nothing else I would tell your students about it for an additional resource. </div>)
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