The FBI’s political surveillance was not a result of popular hysteria, such as scholars used to claim, or a rational response to communist spying and the Cold War confrontation, such as a number of historians have recently argued. Instead, it was an integrated part of the attempt by the modern federal state, rooted in the Progressive Era, to regulate and control any organized opposition to the political, economic and social order, such as organized labor, radical movements and African-American protest.

• Red Scare: FBI and the Origins of Anticommunism in the United States, by Regin Schmidt, PhD

The FBI working against progress shouldn’t really be surprising when this is what they did in their formative years. It’s a big mistake to think we were stupid in the past and that we’re above doing what we used to do, today, and I’m really starting to wonder if intelligence agencies actually are a net positive the more I read about them, at least they seem like they’re well overdue for some radical reforming to ensure they act in the best interest of common people, rather than whatever they’re doing now and historically.

Fbi, dhs and cia need to be destroyed and remade with real oversight.

This happens too often

Fascist Bureau of Intimidation strikes again.

Who do we trust?

None. Everything this country taught me as truth was a lie, unless one has enough money to look the other way. It’s like talking to HR at work, nothing changes but they’ll still try to win you back with more lies.

They breed terror so they can come back to be a hero.

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