1960s Weathermen Now NSA 1960s FBI In response to the Weathermen The FBI started the COINTELPRO program that took covert actions against domestic political groups The Weathermens home ID: 441763
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Terrorism and Illegal Surveillance
1960s: Weathermen
Now: N.S.A
1960s: F.B.I.
In response to the Weathermen,
The
FBI started
the COINTELPRO program that
took covert actions against domestic
political
groups. The Weathermen’s home was “regularly ransacked” and its cars “vandalized.”5 The FBI also made a plan to bomb Weathermen’s houses and assassinate its leaders. “Mail fraud, wire fraud, and incitement to violence” were also part of FBI’s “psychological warfare.”2,5 These actions, though effective, were unlawful.
Now: Global Terrorism
“Can the government break the law to prevent terrorism?”
On top of domestic terrorism, nowadays U.S. faces potential threats from all over the world. Not only can the Al Qaeda stage attacks on U.S. territory but “groups based in Yemen, Somalia, and Iraq” are able to harm US interest overseas.6 The terrorism is more and more complex, “transnational,” “dynamic,” and threatening to “critical infrastructure.”3
Similar to the FBI in the 60s, The National Security Agency(NSA) started intense monitoring to prevent terrorism, the only difference: they were now monitoring civilians as well. The NSA eavesdropped on Americans “without the court-approved warrants required for domestic spying.”4 It also monitored people in the U.S. who were “linked, even if indirectly, to suspected terrorists.”4 These actions, though maybe useful to curb terrorism, greatly violated the law.
The Weathermen was an anti-U.S. government organization founded in 1969. Believing that “peaceful protests were ineffective,” Weathermen quickly became a terrorist group. It organized several violent demonstrations and a series of bombing in order to "Bring the war home.”1 The FBI put it on the Ten Most Wanted List in 1970.1
Terrorism
Illegal Surveillance
A controversy that traces back to the 60s…Slide2
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