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A review by oltombom
Enemies: A History of the FBI by Tim Weiner
4.0
This was extremely good. This shows how the FBI has been violating the constitution and breaking the law since its beginning. Every president and the FBI director (namely J. Edgar Hoover) have used the FBI to spy on, harass, and arrest American citizens, especially racial minorities, communists, and the president's and/or FBI Director's political opponents. The FBI was obsessed with suppressing communists and with claiming that the U.S. is so much better than the Soviets. But there isn't that much difference between the two systems ultimately.
As bad as the FBI was and is, there were many communist spies in the U.S. and in the U.S. government before and during the Cold War. And the leadership of the Communist Party in America usually were funded by and taking orders from the Soviet Union in the old days. So there were and are actual threats, but I don't think the FBI is the answer.
As bad as the FBI was and is, there were many communist spies in the U.S. and in the U.S. government before and during the Cold War. And the leadership of the Communist Party in America usually were funded by and taking orders from the Soviet Union in the old days. So there were and are actual threats, but I don't think the FBI is the answer.