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To: Amy J who wrote (165676)6/3/2002 3:33:22 AM
From: BelowTheCrowd  Respond to of 186894
 
The MN field agent didn't get a search warrant because all requests for warrants had to be processed through HQ, and HQ decided it wasn't worth pursuing.

The new rules will free field offices to ask for warrants without HQ approval. It's called delegation and so long as proper guidelines are applied, it works well in most private businesses.

mg



To: Amy J who wrote (165676)6/3/2002 9:13:29 AM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 186894
 
Amy,

re: In history, we learned about the McCarthy list and how some innocent people were targeted, but there really wasn't too much information on what specifically happened to people on the list. (What did happen to people on the list?)

They were blacklisted. No one would hire them for fear of being labeled a communist.

re: CNN had an article quoting a Republican that said the FBI was spying on Martin Luther King back when the rules for spying were too loose. Basically, the Republican implied a person with an opinion different from the majority, could have been at risk of being spied upon, back in the old days. That's a bit of a damper on freedom of speech for those that aren't strongly-enough opinioned.

It's been argued that J. Edgar Hoover had more power than any president has ever had, he could use information as a political weapon. The fact that he was a racist and very far right, politically, is beside the point.

John



To: Amy J who wrote (165676)6/3/2002 2:34:30 PM
From: Barry Grossman  Respond to of 186894
 
Re the blacklist:

If you're interested, rent "The Front" (1976)

From us.imdb.com

Woody Allen plays a man of no real talent or strong political convictions who is paid to be a front for a group of black listed writers during the McCarthy period in the United States (early 1950s). There are comedic elements in his attempts to pass off stories he hasn't read as his own, until he comes under the view of the UnAmerican Activities Subcommittee.


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