Spying on Americans

By Athan G. Theoharis

Subjects: Christian sociology, Moral and ethical aspects, Internal security, United states, federal bureau of investigation, Civil rights, united states, Wiretapping, Revivals, Revival hymns, Domestic intelligence, Abuse of administrative power, Detention of persons, United states, central intelligence agency, United States, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, History and criticism, Intelligence service, Civil rights, History, Undercover operations, Political aspects

Description: This book is a comprehensive history of the abuses of the American domestic intelligence system from 1936 until May 1978. Drawing from the mountain of bureaucratic memos that Congressional committees and the Freedom of Information Act have pried loose, the author traces the step-by-step expansion of the authority of the FBI and other agencies to investigate the loyalty of American citizens exercising their civil liberties. In the process, he also shows the daily Washington struggle of top-level bureaucrats for power and programs. -- from Publisher description.