Activists in the anti-war struggle of the Vietnam era might be especially interested in the new book _The Burglary_. An anti-war crime of 1971.
Others will find also this a good read, well dramatized by the author, who recently discovered the identity of most of the eight people who broke into an FBI office in Media, PA and got away with the files, and got away with the crime. The files, leaked to the media, including to the then Washington Post journalist, now author of the book, Betty Medsger, put a hole in the reputation of both the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover. The group who planned the burglary and cased the office for weeks, learned just before the break-in from one of the members that he was dropping out. And soon learned from him that he was thinking of turning them in. The story moves along rapidly, though the author didactically repeats points three or four times when repeating them twice would be too often. The book shows the powerful impact of the release of the secret files, the first Congressional oversight of the FBI, the Church Committe and all that. But a year after Snowden you have to wonder if there was really an impact after all? Gene _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
