Unfouled unfolding. I took what was outrage and horror about what was going on, and i realized that i had to take it somewhere with. Bonnie rains worked in a Daycare Center in philadelphia. Her husband, john, taught religion at temple university. They were the very picture of a golden couple. We had an 8yearold, a 6yearold and a 2yearold. We were family folks who also wanted to keep another track active in our lives which was political activism. That activism attracted the attention of the fbi. Its director, the powerful and feared j. Edgar hoover, received the Antiwar Movement which ranged from radical revolutionaries to Peaceful Protesters as a threat to National Security. At one rally i had one of my children on my back, and not only did they take my picture, but they took her picture. Protesters like the raines became increasingly convinced the fbi was conducting a Covert Campaign against them, tapping their phones and infiltrating antiwar groups. We you the fbi we knew the fbi was
Mans ability to cut through the craft and get this done. Okay. Thank you again. [inaudible] [applause] im sure youd be happy to sign it. So if you want to grab those. You may have been wondering camilo be famous because it expands helping us today. I dont know when that will air, but stay tuned. Thank you. [inaudible conversations] now look at the life and political career of aaron burr with our partner cox communications. Burrell was probably the greatest of the known alleged conspirators and it led to what i think has been running for the prowl of the century but the former Vice President of the United States on trial for preaching against the United States. Host who was aaron burr as a person . Guest his grandfather was jonathan edwards, great leader of the great awakening his claim to fame was his bone chilling sermon sinners and himself studied for the ministry for a while before he decided it was not for him. He then studied law under his famous brotherinlaw Tapping Reeve who cre
In march 8, 1971, a group of activists come including a cab driver, a daycare director, into professors, broke into an fbi office in media, pennsylvania. They stole every document they found an elite the press shocking details about fbi abuse and the then secret cointelpro program. , the firstr letter file i read was about a group of fbi agents who were told to enhance the paranoia and the Antiwar Movement and create an atmosphere that there is an fbi agent behind every mailbox. No one was ever caught for the fbi breakin. The identities of the media burglars made a secret until this week. Today, three of them join us on the show as well as the former Washington Post reporter, Betty Medsger, who first broke the story of the still of fbi documents in 1971. This week she revealed the identities of the burglars in her new book, the burglary the discovery of j. Edgar hoovers secret fbi. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im a
Peter dykstra of the daily climate. First, we go to utah. And just to have this opportunity in utah, in our home state, because we could have gone to california or another state am a that we are from utah and that is huge. We are pioneers. Awesome. Just weeks after samesex couples in utah began exchanging marriage vows, the u. S. Supreme court stays a decision from a federal judge that had cleared the way for the marriages. We will speak to a just married couple. There union is in legal limbo. We will look at how the koch raised money and an attempt to sway the 2012 election. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. One of the great mysteries of the vietnam war era has been solved. In 1971, group of peace activists broke into an fbi office in pennsylvania and lifted files that helped reveal the fbis elaborate program of illegally spying on political groups. A documents, given to journalists at the time, provide
Peter dykstra of the daily climate. First, we go to utah. And just to have this opportunity in utah, in our home state, because we could have gone to california or another state am a that we are from utah and that is huge. We are pioneers. Awesome. Just weeks after samesex couples in utah began exchanging marriage vows, the u. S. Supreme court stays a decision from a federal judge that had cleared the way for the marriages. We will speak to a just married couple. There union is in legal limbo. We will look at how the koch raised money and an attempt to sway the 2012 election. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. One of the great mysteries of the vietnam war era has been solved. In 1971, group of peace activists broke into an fbi office in pennsylvania and lifted files that helped reveal the fbis elaborate program of illegally spying on political groups. A documents, given to journalists at the time, provide