edgar hoover personal knowledge it is critical looking at that era to not personalize hoover as a weird or dangerous or unique monster and organizational culture of surveillance and political control that was much more inclusive and all encompassing than just j. edgar hoover. >> when i was interested in the story of the fbi, might be getting question was why didn't this hostility get started? to focus on the closest political advisor and friend a white jewish real-estate attorney. with id two years i was being threatened with indictments under the espionage act of 1917 with a foreign counterintelligence unit for the informant attendees i managed to discover to interview fbi people communist party usa or a kgb agent or to. brothers that had grown up in the communist party and had become the fbi's most valuable human informant ever of the hoover era they were the conduit's between new york and moscow. they visited moscow regularly and it is a fascinating story but we don't have time. in that work they met stanley and he was a communist party financial operator. his story is a wonderful co

and archives in the home town south of los angeles, talking about nixon's relationship with j edgar hoover whom nixon called, not entirely sincerely, my close personal friend in all political life of 25 years. when hoover died six weeks before the watergate break-in, probably wouldn't have happened had he lived. nixon actually said he died at the right moment, didn't he, been trying to figure out how to get rid of hoover for years. so three years ago after giving a speech, an archivist at the nixon library, what is happening? by the end of 2014, everything. all the tapes, a quarter of 1 million words of haldeman's diaries that were classified top secret. everything will be out and i said that is amazing. 40 year struggle to get this material in the hands of the american people were just as wrong. i put aside what i was working on, tapes began coming out in 2013, they continue to come out and i listen to so much richard nixon i could plausibly do richard nixon. what i finally understand, and richard nixon has been put on the analyst's couch, something laterally, and one was how the war in v

edgar hoover's personal knowledge. it's critical in looking at the hoover era fbi to not personalize hoover as some individually weird, dangerous, unique monster. the fbi had a culture, an organizational culture of surveillance and of political control. a culture that was much more inclusive and all encompassing than just zwrchlt edgar hoover. in 1979, when i first got interested in the story of the fbi and dr. king, my beginning question was, why did this hostility get started? and we knew then that it focused on dr. king's closest political adviser and friend, stan levison, a white, jewish, new york real estate attorney. within two years i was being threatened with indictment under the espionage act of 1917 by the chief of the fbi's foreign counter intelligence unit, the late -- now late michael j. steinbeck for the informant identities that i had managed to discover by means of interviewing. interviewing fbi peep. interviewing communist usa leaders. interviewing a kgb agent or two. morris and jack childs were brother

edgar hoover's personal knowledge. 's critical in looking at the hoover era fbi to not personalize hoover and some individually weird, dangerous, unique monster. the fbi had a culture come in organizational culture of surveillance and of political control. a culture that was much more inclusive and all-encompassing than just j. edgar hoover. in 1979 when i first got interested in the story of the fbi and doctor king, my beginning question was why in this hostility started? we knew then that it focused on doctor king's closest political adviser and friend, a white jewish new york real estate attorney. within two years, i was being threatened with an indictment under the espionage act of 1917 by the chief of the fbi foreign intelligence unit the now late michael j. steinbeck. for the informant identities that i have managed to discover by means of interviewing. interviewing fbi people, communist party usa leaders, interviewing the kgb. morris and jack childs were brothers that have grown up in the communist party and by t

edgar hoover was the unacknowledged spawn of walter loving. no evidence surfaced that the major knew the precocious file clerk or that loving may have discovered that the founder of the fbi's professional success began with an appropriated glossover of a document primarily intended to embarrass military intelligence of two great american racial reformers. a black man in a grotesque sense made possible a white man, whose professional life was encased in negro phobia may remind us they are overwhelming, driven by dark pathologies. hoover, especially, for as the well connected loving may have learned, the fbi director was rumored to have black creole ancestry from new orleans that he was in 1937 the seoul exception to his own requirement of a birth certificate on file, anthony somers found darkly significant. pardon the pun. a few words about max. he was one of the most remarkable people on the left. dates 1892 to 1975. he was educated, he was north carolina, he was educated at shaw. early on, he entered the ymca and was sent to africa as the onl

the first and for another 40 years, the last of j edgar hoover would be allowed to serve. the detailed supports captured the unia audacity that infuriat the director. fully convincing him that the jamaican imgrapt was a grave doing tore the republic. not a full year had elapsed since the general counsel had written to warn the secretary of state that unless actions were taken garvey's activities in latin america might repeat the french experience in haiti. in cuba, the unia significant enough for that country's president to entertain the officers of the uss frederick douglas. the secretary of state for the colonies received credible warnings that the garvey movement in newspapers were fomting racial discord among whites and coloreds. if the secretary of state were dismayed by the phenomenon the leadership class of american blacks began to feel seriously threatened by the provincial president general of africa and his unia. from boston, an influential baptist pastor wrote awill remember to the crisis that the increasing number of our own people joining that city's new unia

edgar hoover building will soon come down leaving a coveted portion of pennsylvania avenue up for grabs. cities in maryland and virginia are fighting over the fbi's plan to belduild a new headquarters the money and jobs that come with it. >>> the capitals taking to the ice today holding an open practice and inviting anyone who wants to go on go. doors open at 10:30 this morning. we're still waiting for the á when the caps will play next. they are taking on the pittsburgh penguins. the last time the second round, penguins won in seven sggames. >> so revenge. and you can buy tickets, too. >>> driving home a new message in hopes that you will put your phone down while you're in the car, the new campaign that is drawing attention to distracted driving. >>> also ahead, moving forward after the death of freddie gray. what baltimore's new police commissioner tells me his department is doing to change its culture. >>> and we're watching the chances you could see severe weather where you live as this system pushes its way toward us. how it will impact your drive home from work tonight with your

edgar hoover. is this fair?g, everybo sadly it think i have more bad news. with college sports the truth is the money. a $13 billion industry now. there are coaches making $5 million and conferences and tv networks between twoio and $300 million per year. with $3 million salaries. and all of this money to drive the interest what amounts to less than a sliver and the second piece and has a 400 page rulebook. ar. the way the rules areto applied to the kids, athletes, adults is wildlyt is disparate. the 3rd thing is, john mentioned the scholarship, this college education. so we have a lot of money, there are a lot of rules.ely, ta but this is all okay because we are educating these athletes. well, unfortunately, that is not quite the case. federal graduation rates are hae about 50 percent. anybody that is seen the news about what happened in north carolina over the last 20 years of these athletes were filed in the classes at the university knew about,di they did not meet, the classes did not exist, they were meant to keep the athletes eligible. in the majors li

edgar hoover your our government didn't just surveilled martin is again. they surveilled fannie lou hamer, the black panthers, whitney young, even muhammad ali. a special division of the united states military intelligence division devoted to marketing quote nigro subversion conducted surveillance on w.e.b. dubois and others. this pattern isn't a thing of the past. just last year "the intercept" reported the activities of the black lives matter movement were being monitored by the department of homeland security. if you can name a prominent african-american civil rights leader of the 20th or 21st centuries, chances are significant that he or she has been surveilled and usually in the name of national security. you would think when congress debated in sa reform, all of this would be at the front of their minds. particularly because just a few months after the snowden leaks the nsa revealed that in addition to the fbi, and their own wiretap of martin luther king, jr. the nsa had itself wiretapped dr. king. and yet with only a few important exceptions, congre

edgar hoover. truth is more uncomfortable. because what happened to dr. king was part of a pattern of surveillance that is older and newer than j. edgar hoover. our government didn't just surveil martin luther king, the black panthers, malcolm x, whitney young, muhammad ali. before j. edgar hoover, a special division of the united states military intelligence division, devoted to monitoring, quote, negro subversion, conducted surveillance on w.b. deboyce and other. this isn't a thing of the past. last year the intercept reported activities of the black lives matter movement were being monitored by the department of homeland security. if you can name a prominent african-american self-rights leader of the 20th or 21st centuries are, chances are signature that he or she has been surveilled and usually in the name of national security. you think that when congress debated nas reform all of this would be in the front of their minds, particularly because just a few months after the snowden leaks, the nsa

edgar hoover submitted to attorney general bobby kennedy for authorization to conduct surveillance ofdr. king, that is basically, as a very flimsy support for it factually. it has really no limitation on duration, on geographic scope, i want to be done with the communications that were collected. it really is a quite astoundingly broad authorization. the director keeps that on his desk, right now, and every morning he is responsible for certifying applications under the foreign intelligence surveillance act, an act that was enacted after the king investigation, and its provisions are in many ways in reaction to what happened, what was uncovered by the church committee in looking at the case, the investigation. so the director literally puts his stack of fisa applications on top of the one pager every morning. of fisa applications are like this. each one of them is quite extensive, quite thick with numerous presentations that are required by the law. and i can talk about those in one second, but the point is that the era today, the protections we have in place today, are substantially

edgar hoover. is this fair?g, everybo sadly it think i have more bad news. with college sports the truth is the money. a $13 billion industry now. there are coaches making $5 million and conferences and tv networks between twoio

s jay edgar hoover building. we know it well. the building on pennsylvania avenue.ebook is relocated to maryland or virginia. so the first meeting is tonight -- the f.b.i. is relocating to maryland or virginia. the first meeting is tonight. another meeting will be held on thursday. let's get a check of the roadways. eric smith on traffic watch tonight. eric? >> thank you very much. a tough ride out there. still in several spots. taking a look at the capital beltway. big delays both direction. inner loop crash to the shoulder. it's jam packed to connecticut en start for tiner loop out of bethesda. outer loop at river road to the middle of the screen. you can see a disabled tractor trailer to the right center lane. helper truck on scene. you have delays that scratch back to inner loop to georgetown pike or the dulles toll road. at the legion bridge that is a huge mess as well. on the baltimore parkway the traffic is clearing. the southbound side is jammed up as well. 95 south delays continue after the park to route 1123. this is where you go from four to three lanes s

edgar hoover building will soon come down leaving a large space of coveted real estate up for grabs.ies in maryland and virginia are fighting over the fbi's plan to build a new headquarters and all the jobs and money that would come with that. tonight's meeting on the future of pennsylvania avenue begins at 6:00 at the national capital planning commission in northwest washington. >>> well, it is election day and the results are coming in. we're talking of course about voting to name d.c.'s newer baby eagles. p they were recently born at the national arboretum. the usda is announcing the names today. the parents mr. president and a live look for you at the nest this morning. is that them? >> i think so. they're sleeping. they are eagles, they're large birds. >> thank you. the names have been narrowed down. stars and stripes, honor and glory, anacostia and potomac, freedom and liberty and cherry and blossom. >> all great names. all washington themes. their parents are mr. and mrs. president. >> what do we like? >> freedom and liberty. >> i could go anacostia and potomac, too. names wil

edgar hoover. our government didn't just cervalle martin luther king. they surveilled malcolm x, whitney young, even muhammad ali. and before hoover, a special division of the united states military intelligence division devoted to monitoring "negro subversion" conducted surveillance on w.e.b. du bois, marcus garvey and others. this pattern isn't a thing of the past. just last year, the intercept reported that the activities of the black lives matter movement were being monitored by the department of homeland security. if you can name a prominent african-american civil rights leader of the 20th or 21st centuries, chances are significant that he or she has been surveilled, and usually in the name of national security. you think that when congress debated nsa reform, all of this would be at the front of their minds, particularly because just a few months after the snowden leaks, the nsa revealed that in addition to the fbi and their own wiretap of martin luther king jr., the nsa had itself wiretapped dr. king. and yet, with only a few important exceptions,

edgar hoover, even darth vadar. is this fair and why so harsh, ben? >> sadly, i think i have more bad news to follow bethany. so good morning, everybody. i think you can break up the problems with college sports, there's sort of three buckets. and the first is the money. college sports is a $13 billion industry now, so that, if you can believe it, is more money than the nfl bring withs in. so this is a -- brings in. so this is a lot of money. and there's coaches that are making $5 million and $10 million, there are conferences. we're in acc country, but i guess we're also in big ten country now because of maryland. they all own tv networks now, and they make between two and $300 million a year. the men who lead the conferences have $3 million salaries. most of the coaches 4, $5 million salaries. and of all of this money players, you know, the ones driving the revenue, driving the interest, see what amounts to less than a sliver of this. so you have this financial dichotomy. the second piece is that the ncaa has a 400-page rulebook that, basically, gov

and archives in the home town south of los angeles, talking about nixon's relationship with j edgar hooverhom nixon called, not entirely sincerely, my close personal friend in all political life of 25 years. when hoover died six weeks before the watergate break-in, probably wouldn't have happened had he lived. nixon actually said he died at the right moment, didn't he, been trying to figure out how to get rid of hoover for years. so three years ago after giving a speech, an archivist at the nixon library, what is happening? by the end of 2014, everything. all the tapes, a quarter of 1 million words of haldeman's diaries that were classified top secret. everything will be out and i said that is amazing. 40 year struggle to get this material in the hands of the american people were just as wrong. i put aside what i was working on, tapes began coming out in 2013, they continue to come out and i listen to so much richard nixon i could plausibly do richard nixon. what i finally understand, and richard nixon has been put on the analyst's couch, something laterally, and one was how the war in vie

edgar hoover building will soon come down leaving a coveted portion of pennsylvania avenue up for grabs. cities in maryland and virginia are fighting over the fbi's plan to build a new headquarters and all the jobs and money that come along with it. tonight's meeting begins at 6:00 at the national capital planning commission in northwest washington. >>> new fallout after a group of young singers is asked to stop singing the national anthem. we'll explain. >>> plus, we have some new information about the different crime scenes where eight members of the same ohio family were killed. the illegal activity police are now looking into. but jamie raskin is the only abdemocrat for congress who led the fight for tougher gun laws. only raskin took on the nra to ban military-style assault weapons. raskin: i'm jamie raskin, and i approve this message. the nra and its campaign cash are what stands between us and gun reform. "searing tragedy struck in a place parents felt their children were safe" ance law and block gun control. but democrat donna edw

edgar hoover a letter. she sent him a resume. she said in a recent photograph, and in the letter she said, i hear, i've learned from the library at howard university that you've been looking for information about me. because i know and have learned from others that the information you have is incorrect, as they been shortly after the langston hughes had been called before the committee. these were friends of hers and she said, and i want you to have the right information. and she described walking to the post office, buying the postage to send this return receipt signature requested, certified. and she describes how her knees in her words, my knees almost buckled under when i put the package in the mail box. she was afraid, but she felt this was important for her to do. i just remember mccarthyism just a different for me. i mean i've always been appalled and upset by it but it just became personal for me. reading her personal experience. and, of course, director hoover wrote back and said oh, no, we were not looking for you. been

edgar hoover would be allowed to serve. the detailed reports captured the leaders that infuriated the director to convince him the jamaican immigrant was a grave danger to the republic. to warn the secretary of state fathomless actions are taken the activities of latin america from the french experience in haiti to become significant enough for that country's president to entertain the officers of the uss frederick douglass this they were for minting racial discord in the british empire. the american secretary of state was dismayed by the leadership class of blacks was feeling print by the general of africa the influential baptist pastor that wrote the alarm to the crisis the increasing number of our own people is of concern you owe that to the race but du bois did warn garvey that they absolutely repudiated to end and punish the man who attempts to establish it he decreed with the urgency that suggested he was onto something awkwardly true. the tone of the crisis turned sharper but the followers of mr. garvey insist he get

franklin roosevelt and j edgar hoover, in charge of the things, by the second world war they want to avoid their mistakes but particular the criticism directed at the government for some of these. susan: the other question was about tracing lineage back to the civil war and adams. thomas: the caller is exactly right. there was a national history in which the government got the authority to clamp down on expressions of opposition, we had internal dissent, and the civil war. i think the courts and the congress were relatively comfortable with the idea that these kinds of restrictions in a time of war, were not undue restrictions on free speech. susan: carl in delaware. what is your question? >> susan, thank you for a high-quality broadcast. i want to say, that was a really good insight about edward snowden, our attitudes as a society affect his prosecution. just to pick up on the last caller, if your guests could take the schenck decision forward, if you see any parallels to the patriot act, in terms of the first amendment and any protections we have. thomas: while the courts have gott