Whistleblower to government: "I'm exposing your illegal activities and crimes!" Government to whistleblower: "Don't you know it's illegal and a crime to expose our illegal activities and crimes?"
Only if Americans today similarly become Anti war and realise they need to negotiate with Russia instead of making profits for arms and ammunition companies.
Jay Edgar was a very troubled individual. He overcompensated for his lack of self esteem. Very clever getting the scoop on everyone keeping it in inventory right from the get-go. Karma has a way you may not see it but it's in the mail. Philadelphia USA
@@Ian-pn1ffhe’s one of those people who believe everything the government tells them . Also some people don’t care because they can’t understand how it affects them but I can’t blame them for being dumb your government does a lot to trick them
GRU defector Stanislav Lunav claimed that nearly every anti war movement was infiltrated and funded by Russian intelligence. They may have been traitors and not even known it. Looking back we know that Vietnam was a misstep and that eastern expansionism was not as great a threat as we believed but had things gone differently these naive and sentimental kids could very well hahe been the western judas.
L.M ; they are dangerous . Wait until it happens to you. When you are betrayed by a friend or some one close to you in the name of anything from love to politics.
@@StufiBuy lets not forget that most of the Anti-War sentiments and protest were in fact fuelled by the returning Vietnam War veterans themselves ... They are Traitors too ... I will not be thanking them for their service for sure !!!
Wow! I'm a Vietnam vet and we were not in Vietnam so that our leaders could lie and deceive as they have done! I've always been proud of "whistleblowers" as they are people who are much more brave than any soldier I knew! We humans sometimes appear to be a pathetic lot! Thanks for the video and best of luck to all of us.
Hoover conspired with LBJ to murder Pres. Kennedy, Sen. Robert Kennedy, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and framed innocent men for the murders.
It was J Edger then, now it's a massive data collection that empowers sketchy charectors, national and maybe more impactful, international actors. Putin is J Edger ten fold but his adversity is us! Just a thought from a old cold war warrior .
@@samiamcramer4truth I agree. It is apparent that our government has failed in its desires and/or attempts to help Julian Assange. He has done much for our country, and we let go of his wrists as he falls to the ground, so to speak---truly despicable.
Always so impressed at how normal (kindergarten teacher and a religious teacher) people that take down powerful adversaries are and how often that has happened. And the ones with power never see it coming
That's because in any place other than a police state, trying to keep widespread illegal activities secret is like trying to keep the tide from going back out.
I’m surprised that Netflix and other companies are making so many heist movies and haven’t done this one that actually changed peoples lives. This group of people are heroes!
Now thier killed or in prison!! Trump picked over 90 judges. So zero justice..AG is VIOLATING his position by being trump personal lawyer. They are arresting all protesters. One today said for no other reason than protesting he is going to prison. We are here again.
As a twenty-something that wasn't around when these news stories were first talked about, I really think this is some of the most important work the New York Times can do. I believe that people need to have access to our history as a nation, and to have it in easy to consume videos like these is just wonderful!
Even Jerry Rubins, one of the Chicago Seven and a personal hero, got a job on Wall Street in the 80's to support his coke habit. sickening. I hated it. I was so uncool for an entire decade.
Respect the controls that were introduced to prevent government abusing its power against its own people. If any FBI agent at the time intercepted mail that would be a 4th amendment breach. Did the FBI agents take an oath to defend the constitution? Ooooops, looks like that's a direct breach of that oath. At that point they are hypocrites too.....
@@scottmurray5600 And they fell with ease into the lap of pathological hypocrisy. No self awareness or consequential thinking is ever entered into. Anyone with a well developed moral or ethical charcter, would be out work before they had been accepted. 🤪 🤔 🙄 😏 🤫
Of course The Man will say "This is not the way to achieve these goals, you should use the courts." [to discover secret malfeasance in the FBI, yeah, sure.] whistleblowers are heroes.
Apparently we still need help...as the FBI gave phony documents to a FISA court to spy on the Trump campaign....the FISA court didn't help...we still have an FBI problem.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"- William Burke, I would add good women as well. Well done you valiant souls you can be proud of what you helped to achieve.
*Burglars Who Took On F.B.I. Abandon Shadows* nyti.ms/1adr5Gj One night in 1971, files were stolen from an F.B.I. office near Philadelphia. They proved that the bureau was spying on thousands of Americans. The case was unsolved, until now. Read more: nyti.ms/1adr5Gj
No one is doing anything about it. No one is going up against the injustice. They are now rounding up the protesters. Most of the truth tellers are in prison now or dead If no one does anything it is getting worse. because the news and the papers won't tell the truth.
See th-cam.com/video/XjVcS4yGcSY/w-d-xo.html - it's a documentary not a drama, but it includes re-creations of the action along with more extensive interviews than what you see here.
Too bad, Hollywood Movies want to put America in a good light (Which is why they put a Yellowish filter when they show disputed regions or regions which are having negative stereotypes like Mexico , India , Middle East etc... ) So,,, it’s not going to happen in the near future
What is it worth to make it if nobody sees it?! Look at Judas And The Black Messiah?! An equally important story made into a big Hollywood production and the studios just buried it.
WE THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!! Whistle blowers should be viewed as heroes, not criminals. It's saddening that this country has become, we the government, not THE PEOPLE!
@@jbweld6193 The FBI framed people, murdered people, protected the guilty, "infiltrated" the KKK with dues paying members who brought in plans for renewed racist terrorism, and destroyed untold numbers of lives of those who struggled for greater fairness, peace, environmental protection or decent working conditions. The FBI worked in league with organized crime. Check what was going on with the FBI high ups protecting Whitey Bulger in Boston, and profitting from thuggery. You have no idea what a traitor is.
10:33 The FBI said that the method that revealed how the FBI stole from United State citizens was, 'hardly justifiable". Said the thief who had his stolen things stolen by another thief! That's rich!
+HKM _ Edward Snowden had to seek asylum in Russia in order for our government not to take measures against him. He can never come back or he will disappear. He gave up his life so we would know what the NSA was doing. Yeah, so he pretty much disappeared.
he won't "disappear", he'll be tried in court and go to prison. Just like Chelsea Manning - who is now _out_ of prison. There's plenty of reason to be suspicious of government, but so far we're not Russia.
We are actually worse than Russia, because we pretend that there is a veneer of accountability when there is none. [if the only way to expose secret surveillance is breaking the law]
Ordinary people doing extraordinary things. These are the crazy ones that Steve Jobs talked about. Only the crazy ones significantly change our existence very so radically. Thanks to them.
People always say we should learn from the past, what people forget is that bad people are also learning from the past. It’s not called illegal monitoring anymore it’s now called social media.
Hard to learn from past when they rewrite history. Really study the civil war go very deep into it and you will see its been going on for a very long time
I remember picking up the phone in m office in Washington DC in the 1960's and hearing a conversation between two other men. The wires got crossed. It was deemed OK to tap all international agency's phones. The World Bank had their own cameras everywhere and huge IBM computers to keep records.
When elected Congressional officials fail to conduct oversight ..thank goodness for citizens of conscience...who are willing to risk all to keep our government accountable and Just.
The whole sick, sad episode of COINTELPRO shows the pernicious problem with government secrecy. How are you supposed have a government which is accountable to the people when its activities are hidden from them? And on the flip side, how is Law Enforcement supposed to investigate actual criminals if their investigations are public knowledge. It's a nuanced and difficult problem, and any particular legal posture has tradeoffs we have to accept as a society.
First off United States belong to We the People not the federal government so that includes the FBI and the NSA we had the right to know what's in those departments
What the FBI was doing then seems relatively innocuous compared to what they do now. Also sunset time Federal policing agencies have dramatically increased. Spying, bullying, and abuse of power are the lifeblood of these Federal bureaucratic policing agencies.
As a veteran of many foreign wars, some, where we were not on either side, but, there I was... I swore to "protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign or domestic", I have monitored our politicians for all of my years, since I turned 18, and note that many politicians within our government are enemies of our Constitution. I celebrate free speech, free expression of beliefs, keeping and bearing arms, and all the many Rights, God given, and natural, plus, all which are not enumerated in the Bill of Rights. Hoover kept dossiers on every person he could surveil. That illegal act made him an enemy.
"....the method was hardly justifiable. their's a way to take on the unjust laws, through the courts.." Problem is, no one knew about it until it was revealed at which point they could take on the unjust laws - but not until then, and it never would have happened if not for these whistle blowers.
"Dissent is the lifeblood of Democracy." Spot on. Unfortunately this is something conservative/authoritarian-minded governments forget too frequently, even in the leading democracies of the world.
If those brave young people, hadn't done what they did who would have thought ? Now look ! They are out of control again ! We need this kind of reporting now ! Thanks 🙏🏾 Julian !😘
This should be a movie. This is something that young people wouldn’t do today. There is too much time to plan something like this, and young kids would rather do other things.
That's why Trump was elected! He's not a politician, he's not one of the boys. He's a business man who sometime s speaks in a rougher manner than the smooth liars but keeps his word. Best thing that ever happened to that office
Thank you for posting your valuable video. I read his memoir "Freedom Betrayed", and watching videos like this helps me to acquire knowledge because I can learn about various aspects of him.
10:22 LOL..like those few barely middle class people would be able to take on the FBI in court ..and the guy doesn't condone when they break in to end an illegal program, but I bet you he condones the FBI breaking into an ordinary citizens house who's engaging in legal activity. The bottom line is you still have to appreciate the FBI, they indeed do a lot to protect us..but we can't let any agency just run amok and break the laws or violate people's constitutional rights. They're the ones who are supposed to be enforcing the law and protecting our constitutional rights. I don't see how what they did isn't justifiable.
I like how the FBI director said there was a _"better way"_ to clean up the FBI. How the hell would people have known without this group?
Exactly, sometimes the ends do justify the means.
Well I don't think he could actively encourage security leaks given his position. I don't know what they expected him to say.
Beorn thank you!!!
Yeah just like the better way that ol Hoover found to circumvent the law
Agreed
Whistleblower to government: "I'm exposing your illegal activities and crimes!"
Government to whistleblower: "Don't you know it's illegal and a crime to expose our illegal activities and crimes?"
1)This is what REAL patriotism looks like
2)This is what REAL journalism looks like.
Let’s see.
@@robertwalker7010 fym
Only if Americans today similarly become Anti war and realise they need to negotiate with Russia instead of making profits for arms and ammunition companies.
Jay Edgar was a very troubled individual. He overcompensated for his lack of self esteem. Very clever getting the scoop on everyone keeping it in inventory right from the get-go. Karma has a way you may not see it but it's in the mail. Philadelphia USA
@@Ian-pn1ffhe’s one of those people who believe everything the government tells them . Also some people don’t care because they can’t understand how it affects them but I can’t blame them for being dumb your government does a lot to trick them
J.Edgar Hoover's name should be removed from the F.B.I. building. He was a huge criminal.
Yes
Agree totally 💯
Absolutely
The #1 criminal trying to call others criminals...dude he blackmailed those and he did the same stuff. He makes me sick.....😤💯🧿🙏👏💩🗑
This man lied about being white and was ashamed of being black smh
IT's sad whenever a whistle blower is perceived as a traitor. Don't shoot the messenger.
Snitches get stitches
Only the guilty say that.
GRU defector Stanislav Lunav claimed that nearly every anti war movement was infiltrated and funded by Russian intelligence. They may have been traitors and not even known it. Looking back we know that Vietnam was a misstep and that eastern expansionism was not as great a threat as we believed but had things gone differently these naive and sentimental kids could very well hahe been the western judas.
L.M ; they are dangerous . Wait until it happens to you. When you are betrayed by a friend or some one close to you in the name of anything from love to politics.
@@StufiBuy lets not forget that most of the Anti-War sentiments and protest were in fact fuelled by the returning Vietnam War veterans themselves ... They are Traitors too ... I will not be thanking them for their service for sure !!!
Wow! I'm a Vietnam vet and we were not in Vietnam so that our leaders could lie and deceive as they have done! I've always been proud of "whistleblowers" as they are people who are much more brave than any soldier I knew! We humans sometimes appear to be a pathetic lot! Thanks for the video and best of luck to all of us.
Thank you. You would know better than anyone that there’s a difference between soldiers and warriors. The warrior doesn’t just follow orders.
And why were you in Vietnam?
@@blackmatca6277 because all able men had to, duhh!
You're so cool, Sir
@@blackmatca6277 because the US forced able men to be in vietnam and traumatize them, disable them, leave them in poverty and forget them.
Hoover was a bigger criminal than any criminal he ever put away...a true mad man!
@Jean Falco Do you have a source to recommend on Kissinger? Thanks.
Hoover conspired with LBJ to murder Pres. Kennedy, Sen. Robert Kennedy, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and framed innocent men for the murders.
And Jim Comey wanted to fill his shoes.
@Jean Falco Kissinger? Is your head in rectal defilade? Kissinger was still in Deutschland in 1924 when Hoover took over? Were the pen pals?
@@c.a.g.3130 he did.. They both stink
When the government breaks the law to harm us, we have every right to break the law to expose it, and bring it down. We are the people Peace
donald peters -we do not owe anything to liars.
Agreed
It was J Edger then, now it's a massive data collection that empowers sketchy charectors, national and maybe more impactful, international actors. Putin is J Edger ten fold but his adversity is us!
Just a thought from a old cold war warrior .
donald peters
You are correct.
Now why don’t we organize a plot to force our government to free Julian Assange.
@@samiamcramer4truth I agree. It is apparent that our government has failed in its desires and/or attempts to help Julian Assange. He has done much for our country, and we let go of his wrists as he falls to the ground, so to speak---truly despicable.
Always so impressed at how normal (kindergarten teacher and a religious teacher) people that take down powerful adversaries are and how often that has happened. And the ones with power never see it coming
because they think no one has the right to question them
@@bart234465 Or perhaps it's because they can hide in plain sight.
That's because in any place other than a police state, trying to keep widespread illegal activities secret is like trying to keep the tide from going back out.
@@6610stix Except it's not fast enough concerning our current WH Administration
@@B_Bodziak Maybe that speed is directly porportional to our current administration's penchant for a police state?
I’m surprised that Netflix and other companies are making so many heist movies and haven’t done this one that actually changed peoples lives.
This group of people are heroes!
FR!
there is a doc now on Media PA
I agree
Pure genius. I salute these brave and bold people.
I do too! Everyday heroes who was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for a cause bigger than themselves.
Kind of like the founding fathers
Now thier killed or in prison!! Trump picked over 90 judges. So zero justice..AG is VIOLATING his position by being trump personal lawyer. They are arresting all protesters. One today said for no other reason than protesting he is going to prison. We are here again.
The FBI if full of leftists right now, I bet these hippies are in love with the FBI now a days.
One of the most successful KGB operations of the 1970s.
As a twenty-something that wasn't around when these news stories were first talked about, I really think this is some of the most important work the New York Times can do. I believe that people need to have access to our history as a nation, and to have it in easy to consume videos like these is just wonderful!
I love how this bunch of retirees and pensioners goes "oh yeah, we were badassss!" :) because they were!
Respect your elders! :)
Even Jerry Rubins, one of the Chicago Seven and a personal hero, got a job on Wall Street in the 80's to support his coke habit. sickening. I hated it. I was so uncool for an entire decade.
Respect the controls that were introduced to prevent government abusing its power against its own people. If any FBI agent at the time intercepted mail that would be a 4th amendment breach. Did the FBI agents take an oath to defend the constitution? Ooooops, looks like that's a direct breach of that oath. At that point they are hypocrites too.....
Holly Avila -if so he worked for it.
scott Murray -yes!
@@scottmurray5600
And they fell with ease into the lap of pathological hypocrisy. No self awareness or consequential thinking is ever entered into.
Anyone with a well developed moral or ethical charcter, would be out work before they had been accepted. 🤪 🤔 🙄 😏 🤫
Snowden did the right thing. So did these people
Of course The Man will say "This is not the way to achieve these goals, you should use the courts." [to discover secret malfeasance in the FBI, yeah, sure.]
whistleblowers are heroes.
Really embodies MLK's idea that the moderate often "paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom"
Except for Snowden and Assange. Those guys are dupes and useful idiots.
Apparently we still need help...as the FBI gave phony documents to a FISA court to spy on the Trump campaign....the FISA court didn't help...we still have an FBI problem.
@@busterbiloxi3833 Why?
Elaborate please.
Buster Biloxi they were heroes but the perception of what he did is not based in reality it’s that simple
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"- William Burke, I would add good women as well. Well done you valiant souls you can be proud of what you helped to achieve.
SO GLAD THE RETRO REPORT IS BACK!!!! Absolutely the BEST THING OUT THERE!!! THANKS!
justNAOMl amen.
True Rebels!! And Patriots. Strong willed!!
Much better way to do things than attack the Capitol.
Definitely Patriotic acts 👍
*Burglars Who Took On F.B.I. Abandon Shadows* nyti.ms/1adr5Gj
One night in 1971, files were stolen from an F.B.I. office near Philadelphia. They proved that the bureau was spying on thousands of Americans. The case was unsolved, until now. Read more: nyti.ms/1adr5Gj
The good old days when the media did their job, true journalism...
In 40 years Snowden is going to be hailed as a hero. I won't be there to see it, but will turn in grave if it doesn't happen.
It will happen , it's inevitable ( not you turning in your grave though ).
Turning ? I'd like to have a punching bag .
Gene Dexter He is already a hero to me, and I am not alone.
No one is doing anything about it. No one is going up against the injustice. They are now rounding up the protesters. Most of the truth tellers are in prison now or dead
If no one does anything it is getting worse. because the news and the papers won't tell the truth.
Why not take a motion sensor with you, so someone can register your disapproval?
This should be a shown in Hollywood movies!! An actual heist against the government based on a true story
WELL, You're Right -- Except We ALL Know The Ending...
:-)
Hellywood is Government
See th-cam.com/video/XjVcS4yGcSY/w-d-xo.html - it's a documentary not a drama, but it includes re-creations of the action along with more extensive interviews than what you see here.
Too bad, Hollywood Movies want to put America in a good light (Which is why they put a Yellowish filter when they show disputed regions or regions which are having negative stereotypes like Mexico , India , Middle East etc... )
So,,, it’s not going to happen in the near future
@@hilal_younus uh no? Many Hollywood movies paint the government in a bad light, probably more than paint it in a good light.
Wow, ok, so who is going to direct this movie. I mean, they have to make this a movie now. The story is too good.
th-cam.com/video/XjVcS4yGcSY/w-d-xo.html
What is it worth to make it if nobody sees it?! Look at Judas And The Black Messiah?! An equally important story made into a big Hollywood production and the studios just buried it.
WE THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!! Whistle blowers should be viewed as heroes, not criminals. It's saddening that this country has become, we the government, not THE PEOPLE!
These people are heroes. We need more people like them.
We have one now Edward snowden
@@utkarshkant3197 now we have dumbasses attacking the capitol 🤦♂️
That dude is still in love with his wife. Ya notice how he looks at her..
What a great wife!
True American Heroes
ReturnoftheBrotha dude stfu and take your meds
Dirovame1 these people were straight up traitors.
JB Weld The greatest traitor was J. Edgar Hoover. He betrayed his oath to respect the law. He was the greatest menace to our freedoms since the Nazis.
@@jbweld6193 The FBI framed people, murdered people, protected the guilty, "infiltrated" the KKK with dues paying members who brought in plans for renewed racist terrorism, and destroyed untold numbers of lives of those who struggled for greater fairness, peace, environmental protection or decent working conditions. The FBI worked in league with organized crime. Check what was going on with the FBI high ups protecting Whitey Bulger in Boston, and profitting from thuggery. You have no idea what a traitor is.
@@Cyallaire and that somehow proves these two were not treacherous traitors? No. It just proves you dont like the FBI.
He was just a Bully! Glad someone stood up to him!
Amazing - those are great Americans! Lots of courage and guts....
10:33 The FBI said that the method that revealed how the FBI stole from United State citizens was, 'hardly justifiable". Said the thief who had his stolen things stolen by another thief! That's rich!
They all deserve Nobel Peace Prizes. Hoover....well, how he got the job in the first place is baffling.
Blair Phillips He didn’t do much get the job... as he invented the FBI... He was a Law unto himself!!! Paranoid and Racist!!
@@hazelwalsh3269 Or he just wore his prettiest dress and make-up ;-0
Same as Trump. On his knees.
Not baffling...they knew who Hoover was!!!!
Because he was efficient, ruthless, capable of callousness, a bit of a snob, and devilishly cunning
I love learning new bits about history that I had no idea about. Independent (and investigative) journalism is vital. As are these whistleblowers.
Ok, so no one can do that now. In these days you'll just disappear, no one will hear from you again.
Edward Snowden? He didn't disappear
+HKM _ Edward Snowden had to seek asylum in Russia in order for our government not to take measures against him. He can never come back or he will disappear. He gave up his life so we would know what the NSA was doing. Yeah, so he pretty much disappeared.
he won't "disappear", he'll be tried in court and go to prison. Just like Chelsea Manning - who is now _out_ of prison. There's plenty of reason to be suspicious of government, but so far we're not Russia.
We are actually worse than Russia, because we pretend that there is a veneer of accountability when there is none. [if the only way to expose secret surveillance is breaking the law]
Many in the GOP have said he needs to be executed. "Life in prison is too good for Snowden," came from the FBI. [or one of the Bush goons, I forget]
Warms my heart watching these old timers relive their glory days, when they pulled some badass stuff.
Yeah we did and yea we were
Ordinary people doing extraordinary things. These are the crazy ones that Steve Jobs talked about. Only the crazy ones significantly change our existence very so radically. Thanks to them.
THEY Weren't "Crazy". THEY WERE: "BRAVE"!!!! INCREDIBLY...
:-)
They were right not crazy!
Ok➖thanks🤠❌™
@@lindamaemullins3086 Truthers❌™
I love that they used Hoover’s own tactics and words against him... it was deliciously ironic!
they got some balls to pull off something like that... respect
An investigation of the FBI. OH how the tables had turned!
Yes.
The ends definitely justified the means in stealing those documents.
10:30 how would you go through the courts if the information was being hidden from the public?
People always say we should learn from the past, what people forget is that bad people are also learning from the past. It’s not called illegal monitoring anymore it’s now called social media.
Jeff Peng very true...same with the bad people think their the good guys in their eyes.
Nice comment/good point🕊
Hard to learn from past when they rewrite history. Really study the civil war go very deep into it and you will see its been going on for a very long time
The look of pride on John Raines's face as he listens to his wife talk about her role is awesome. My wife is so cool is writ large all over his face.
Great story!
Thanks for the video :-)
Stealing Manhattan soon 2018...
"Thank you for your service" a real service for your country and not just killing poor people for the benefit of rich people
Still going on now.
wow...what gutsy people. they deserve medals.
YOU COULDNT TRUST THEM THEN AND YOU CANT NOW SO SAD
True Hero'o exposing the criminal activity of a criminal government.
They should make a movie about this..., #TrueAmericanHeroes
th-cam.com/video/XjVcS4yGcSY/w-d-xo.html
Bonnie's 11
I remember picking up the phone in m office in Washington DC in the 1960's and hearing a conversation between two other men. The wires got crossed. It was deemed OK to tap all international agency's phones. The World Bank had their own cameras everywhere and huge IBM computers to keep records.
And nothings changed.
Wassup
Knowledge is power. We stopped the Vietnam War.
When elected Congressional officials fail to conduct oversight ..thank goodness for citizens of conscience...who are willing to risk all to keep our government accountable and Just.
The whole sick, sad episode of COINTELPRO shows the pernicious problem with government secrecy. How are you supposed have a government which is accountable to the people when its activities are hidden from them? And on the flip side, how is Law Enforcement supposed to investigate actual criminals if their investigations are public knowledge. It's a nuanced and difficult problem, and any particular legal posture has tradeoffs we have to accept as a society.
The greatest heist that only 392K people have heard of.
Webster knows good and well those documents would have never seen the light of day had we relied on "the courts".
Keep the government honest. That's the end goal.
This reminds me of Christoph Meili exposing UBS and its involvement in WW1 despite its country's neutral status.
I wouldn't be surprised if Switzerland knowingly held stolen loot for the Nazis and helped bankroll Nazi activities.
First off United States belong to We the People not the federal government so that includes the FBI and the NSA we had the right to know what's in those departments
What the FBI was doing then seems relatively innocuous compared to what they do now. Also sunset time Federal policing agencies have dramatically increased. Spying, bullying, and abuse of power are the lifeblood of these Federal bureaucratic policing agencies.
As a veteran of many foreign wars, some, where we were not on either side, but, there I was... I swore to "protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign or domestic", I have monitored our politicians for all of my years, since I turned 18, and note that many politicians within our government are enemies of our Constitution. I celebrate free speech, free expression of beliefs, keeping and bearing arms, and all the many Rights, God given, and natural, plus, all which are not enumerated in the Bill of Rights. Hoover kept dossiers on every person he could surveil. That illegal act made him an enemy.
Why is the FIB building still named after J eager Hoover? His own records convict him
OMG!!! I used to live across the street from this building and never know this history.
Hoover was a freak. Corrupt. Egotistical.
I saw a poster of Hoover in drag back in 68 and I have never seen one since..
That was awesome! Great job.
I didnt know this. Thank God those men put an end to his secret activities.
American hero's!
These men and women are heroes.
Pity Edward Snowden is Portrayed as a traitor... When he is really a hero whistleblower!!
What can we do to help him? When Reagan was president, I believe he enacted some piece of legislation protecting whistleblowers.
How Hoover made it to that position strange and those years especially.
well done!
Copies wound up being delivered to my Alma Mater, Villanova U, showing that several professors were under watch by the Media (PA) Field Office.
Oh yeah they should've went through the court system and everything would have been just fine. ROFL
that house in Pottstown should be a historical spot.
"....the method was hardly justifiable. their's a way to take on the unjust laws, through the courts.." Problem is, no one knew about it until it was revealed at which point they could take on the unjust laws - but not until then, and it never would have happened if not for these whistle blowers.
Thank you John for your help.
"Dissent is the lifeblood of Democracy." Spot on. Unfortunately this is something conservative/authoritarian-minded governments forget too frequently, even in the leading democracies of the world.
Government needs oversight. Without it you give them an inch they will take a mile.
brilliant.
If those brave young people, hadn't done what they did who would have thought ? Now look ! They are out of control again !
We need this kind of reporting now ! Thanks 🙏🏾 Julian !😘
In the 1980's there was a Russian comedian, who said.. "In Russia, We don't watch TV... TV watches you"
Today In America.... That is our reality. :(
You should move then.
@@mhayden5629 Shut up.
This should be a movie. This is something that young people wouldn’t do today. There is too much time to plan something like this, and young kids would rather do other things.
Hoover was a bunch of flamming sticks . . . If you get my meaning 😏
Yes.
Yes.
The savings and loan theft was pretty good. Over 400 billion. Both political parties did the money dance on that one.
Sometimes the courts don’t do justice. These “burglars” are heroes
These people are super heroes for our democracy!
Would be cool if we were taught this in history.
This needs to be a movie! Is this a movie!? If so can someone tell me what it is!?
That's why Trump was elected! He's not a politician, he's not one of the boys. He's a business man who sometime s speaks in a rougher manner than the smooth liars but keeps his word. Best thing that ever happened to that office
You have that SO backwards. If any candidate comes CLOSE to winning, that's a sure sign they were preselected.
Thank you for posting your valuable video. I read his memoir "Freedom Betrayed", and watching videos like this helps me to acquire knowledge because I can learn about various aspects of him.
"No alarms or security" Well that's par for the course when it comes to the Full Blown Idiots.
Im a black man in this country and people like this is what we call …… heroic
This is no such thing as privacy
There should be .
Right on to those 3 brave beautiful beings!
10:22 LOL..like those few barely middle class people would be able to take on the FBI in court ..and the guy doesn't condone when they break in to end an illegal program, but I bet you he condones the FBI breaking into an ordinary citizens house who's engaging in legal activity.
The bottom line is you still have to appreciate the FBI, they indeed do a lot to protect us..but we can't let any agency just run amok and break the laws or violate people's constitutional rights. They're the ones who are supposed to be enforcing the law and protecting our constitutional rights. I don't see how what they did isn't justifiable.
Man we need one of these to happen more than ever.
History repeats itself time and time again.
J. E. Hoover's name should be stuck from every building and history its self.
The greatest heist overall...the IRS/Fed Reserve/US gov
I'm very proud of these people