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Got your attention? This is the title of a film made by Warner Brothers that was released in 1951 after Warner purchased the rights to a series of articles based on the real life experiences of Matthew Cvetic, an FBI informant, that ran in The Saturday Evening Post. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary. Subsequently a serial radio show was produced that ran between 1952 to 1954. According to Wikipedia 72 episodes were produced with a large budget (no doubt FBI backed). 38 episodes are available for listening online at http://www.otr.net/?p=cfbi During the same period there was a TV series called "I Led Three Lives" loosely based on the exploits of Herbert A. Philbrick, also a voluntary FBI informant during the 40's. Philbrick wrote a book with the same title. Episodes of the TV series can be viewed on YouTube, for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0DW_qpilRQ&feature=relmfu Even though these programs sound as stilted as the government film Reefer Madness, useful information about informants can be gleaned from these materials and the books by and about these informants. Unfortunately, many who came of age in the 60's think that COINTELPRO was something new. Many who are coming of age now think that COINTELPRO is extinct. The only thing that changed in the 60's was a name given to a program that has a long history and that is certainly continuing today. Those who speak as if informants come in one easily identifiable shape and size do a disservice to progressive groups who are the target of informant infiltration. Red Arnie ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
