Includes bibliographical references (pages 579-590) and index.
Contents
In the absence of oversight -- Choosing burglary -- The team is formed -- The burglars in the attic -- Time out for white house meeting -- With thanks to Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier -- Escape to the farm -- J. Edgar Hoover's worst nightmare -- FBI and burglars in a race -- To publish or not to publish -- Appropriate for the secret police of the Soviet Union -- I'm thinking of turning you in -- Being american while black and other insights from media -- The subterfuge continues -- Cointelipro Hovers -- Victory at Camden -- Defeat at Camden -- The secret Federal Bureau of Investigation Emerges -- Crude and cruel -- Closing cases -- Dumbstruck that it meant something -- Unconditionally positive -- Very pleased...missing the joy -- Building little pockets of life -- You didn't do that -- Fragile reform -- The National security agency files -- Questions.
Summary
An account of the 1971 break-in of the FBI offices in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists cites their roles in triggering major changes in the FBI and confirming that J. Edgar Hoover had run a personal shadow-FBI.
