Documents from the late FBI director’s secret files reveal for the first time the shocking extent of FBI activities in spying on prominent Americans and political groups. “A grimly fascinating—and pro
Argues that the FBI has a history of an abuse of power through the use of illegal activities, including wiretapping and political surveillance, since the 1930s.
Was J. Edgar Hoover a homosexual? And did organized-crime leaders, knowing this, blackmail the FBI director into leaving them alone? These charges won almost instant popular acceptance when they were
Argues that the FBI has a history of an abuse of power through the use of illegal activities, including wiretapping and political surveillance, since the 1930s.
Some of the sleaziest from J. Edgar Hoover's five secret files none of the documents ever meant to be disclosed. Theoharis finally got to them through the Freedom of Information Act. There is a grim f
Based on meticulous research in FBI files, Chasing Spies uncovers the FBI’s role in the most important espionage cases of the cold war years. The book shows how secrecy immunized FBI operations from c
Ten essays recount attempts to pry information from the US government regarding the Kennedy assassination, the Nixon tapes, and the FBI's files on John Lennon and Supreme Court justices. They documen
Explores the FBI's history of operational failures, overrated abilities, and frequent use of wiretaps, buggings, and breaks-ins in a study that assesses how the FBI's extralegal activities have underm
Although the CIA is the government agency most often depicted on television and in films, it is probably the least understood. This volume seeks to redress that problem, as much as possible, with a su
