. >> the documents proved -- >> two years later nbc reporter carl stern figured out meaning of that wordintel pro. >> secret fbi memos made public today show that the late j. edgar hoover ordered a nationwide campaign to disrupt the activities of the new left without telling any of his superiors about it. >> of techniques were clearly illegal. burglaries and threats of violence were used. >> the fbi initially defended its actions. >> the government would have been derelict in its duty had it not taken measures to protect the fabric of our society. >> but the bureau's techniques were worse, and the targets more far reaching than the burglars ever imagined. >> diplomats, government employees, sports figures, socially prominent persons, senators and congressmen. the fbi at one time sought to blackmail the late martin luther king into committing suicide. >> marriages were destroyed, violence was encouraged, many americans were tapped and bugged, add their mail opened by the cia and the fbi and their tax returns used illegally. >> congress issued a series of reforms. when william webster took

it took about two or three years that worked with nbc, carl stern.e of those documents was the letter that was sent anonymously to martin luther king in 1964. .. >> good evening and thanks for attending this. admitted to fbi files are where they are also cia files included? >> were there any cia files? now, no. the files we obtained during just two categories. one about 40% of them are related to criminal investigations and we didn't want to do anything with those because we didn't want to jeopardize witnesses, for example. about xt% of the documents were political in nature and not solely concentrated on and that's where we found some very incriminating pieces of information. there was nothing related to national security with the weather. [inaudible] >> how did you form your group? who did you spend the documents to quiet >> so, starting with the last question, we sent out the document sort of in waves. the initials that went to betty, to scoop nelson at the washington bureau of "the l.a. times" to tom wicker to representative perry mitchell into s

about carl icahn. olivia sterns is that the breaking news desk in new york. ing back against carl icahn's claims and saying that they are false. he has written his second letter in three days telling ebay that -- ebay is saying that carl had accused him of having conflicts of interest. cook, is the ceo of intuit. theircahn had called governance dysfunctional. he had singled out both mark andreessen and cook. is that their claim for false. shares rose in ebay when icon went public with one of his letters. there is a back and forth between carl icahn and ebay. >> olivia sterns in new york, thank you so much. i can't claim is against scott cook, the cofounder and chairman. they claimed he claims against them are false. we will follow that story as it develops. i want to get your bloomberg cap headlines. u.s. prosecutors are investigating criminal activity by mt. gox. they are requesting documents from bitcoin service providers. they say there may have been criminal activity at the range. gox was shut down after hackers stole most $400 million in bitcoin. west vir

carl icon also making headlines today. talking about dan loeb taking aim at sotheby's auction house. olivia sternsory. >> dan says he is willing to work with management, which sounds very surprising that there is a caveat. if they allow him to put three people he chooses on the board. he istely sounds like softening his tone. you remember he wrote this gaping letter back in october criticizing sotheby's . --ticizing the expressive excessive spending culture. there was a point a couple of years ago when they were paying for bill -- for bill rubric. he wants to get on the board and shake ends up. >> does not sound unusual to me. private or public law firms? a lot of the big privilege packages have gone away. he said today on the phone with stephanie ruhle is my hope is we put the differences behind us and work constructively with the board and ceo. >> it will be interesting if they can. if you tell a ceo you think you should be fired or leave his position and then a week later you are working with the guy or a month later, that relationship has to be frothy -- frosty. out and did come respond. they