Cloak and gavel

By Alexander Charns Alexander Charns Alexander Charns

Subjects: United States. Supreme Court, Corrupt practices, Political activity, United States, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation - Corrupt practices, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation - Political activity, Misconduct in office, Electronic surveillance, United States. Supreme Court

Description: "Cloak and Gavel" . . . is the product of an eight-year struggle to force the FBI to reveal its Supreme Court snooping. Charns got . . . hard evidence that Hoover attempted to monitor the court's private deliberations and manipulate some of the justices." Wall Street Journal, A13, 9/1/92 "The FBI's scandalous techniques ranged from illegal wiretapping, to disinformation campaigns, to using Justice Abe Fortas as a Bureau informant." Harvard Law Review, Vol 106, p. 812. "[A] bonanza of Supreme Court history, providing depth and perspective to some great cases of our time." St Louis Post-Dispatch, 10/18/92.