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Trump’s use of FBI to target ‘enemies’ echoes FBI’s dark history of mass surveillance, dirty tricks and perversion of justice under J. Edgar Hoover

  • Written by Betty Medsger, Professor Emeritus of Journalism, San Francisco State University
Trump’s use of FBI to target ‘enemies’ echoes FBI’s dark history of mass surveillance, dirty tricks and perversion of justice under J. Edgar HooverThe building in Media, Penn. where burglars in 1971 found evidence of decades of FBI abuses against citizens.Betty Medsger

As a candidate last year, Donald Trump promised retribution against his perceived enemies. As president, he is doing that.

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