My parents were local leaders of CORE (then one of the respected “Big Three” Civil Rights Organizations) in Southern California in the 1960s and 70s. My mother was arrested several times. In the early and mid 70s my mother became convinced that our home phone was being bugged by the FBI. She became obsessed with every click and hiss she heard while on the phone. As an obnoxious tween and early teen, nothing gave me more pleasure than teasing my mother for her paranoia, and when talking to her on the phone I would often address J Edgar Hoover, L Patrick Gray, and the rest of the “Boys at the FBI”. A few years later my Mother had the last laugh when my parents filed a Freedom of Information Request, and found proof that our home phone really had been bugged by the FBI.
On Tue, 30 Aug 2022 at 3:42 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > It’s hard to imagine how malign a force the FBI were in the sixties. > Hoover maintained a McCarthy level of paranoia about communism from the > fifties and the FBI considered all of youth culture to be communist. > Regarding civil rights and opposition to the Vietnam War, the FBI broke > more laws than they enforced. Anybody who was popular with young people in > that era has an extensive FBI file. > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 4:48 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As the late Paul Harvey would say, it’s true. >> >> Mr. Dolenz has filed an FOIA request for the files >> >> >> https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-monkees-micky-dolenz-fbi-1234584299/ >> >> >> https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.246784/gov.uscourts.dcd.246784.1.0.pdf >> >> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BetmwK4QH7fYL3Xm-DFY2nqM8KiA0ZmrhtYL%3DU6Wq9xQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BetmwK4QH7fYL3Xm-DFY2nqM8KiA0ZmrhtYL%3DU6Wq9xQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGDEUxqP9itMgfbRr9NmUyrSdc%3Ddpw1gNtjgXO5usk5Pg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGDEUxqP9itMgfbRr9NmUyrSdc%3Ddpw1gNtjgXO5usk5Pg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2B05LrgUTPjtpWcNOMgmkT%3DNwkW0cnWqPmTK%3D6dvzdXNA%40mail.gmail.com.
