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 brothers. had grown up in the communist party and by the early 1950s they had become the fbi's most valuable

without whistleblowers you get a hoover fbi. pplause] >> so ladies and gentlemen, would have time for one or two questions -- we have done -- i know, we could stay here all day but mr. baker has to be general counsel of the fbi and david carroll also has many things to do. >> i'll say. spin this as remarkable presentation and i appreciate very much mr. baker is her from the fbi. i think my question has to do with what is the lesson that the fbi is drawing currently from the martin luther king case? and how is that applied to new technology. it's not just under fisa surveillance authorities but for example, the fbi's racial and ethnic mapping program which we know from public disclosures the fbi's policy manual for domestic investigations and operations guide permits the fbi or the fbi believes it has the authority to collect and map booklet available demographic information about racial and ethnic communities in its effort to carry out its duties. and i think the public is concerned. the aclu has filed numerous public records req

without whistleblowers, you get a hoover fbi. applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, we have time for one or two questions. [laughter] i know. trust become we could stay all day but mr. baker has to be general counsel of the fbi and professor garrow has many things to do. we have a question here. >> this is a remarkable presentation that i appreciate that mr. baker said from the fbi. my question has to do with what is the lesson that the fbi is drawing currently from the martin luther king case? at how does that apply to new technology but it's not just under fisa, defense authorities, but for example, the fbi's racial and ethnic mapping program which we know from public disclosure that the fbi's policy manual for domestic operations guide permits the fbi or the fbi believes it has the authority to collect and map public available demographic information about racial and ethnic communities in its effort to cure out its duties. i think the public is concerned. the aclu has filed numerous public records request about this program. and h

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 compelling tale rich leave memorialized things to the very extensive wiretapping and of clarence jones and i apologize to don't have time to give you those sketches. of the hypothesis was a dangerous influence on dr. dr. king because of those hundreds and hundreds o

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 only african-american and person of color to do "y" work in south africa. he was a great success there, though somewhat disappointed with the limitations of his mandate and he returned and was awarded the 1933 medal by the naacp. in 1935, he became the second president of the national negro conference. he went on to be quite active on the left and in 1940, he became the first african-american faculty member at city college and introduced the first course on negro history and culture at that institution and one of the first everywhere. he then became involved in the council o

fbi's j. 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

fbi's j. edgar hoover building will soon come down leaving a large space of coveted real estate up for grabs. es 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 will

fbi's j. 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

hoover refuses to do it. he is out of the game of black bags and burglaries, the fbi is not doing that anymore. what does nixon do? he goes in-house, he creates his own investigative unit within the white house, the plumbers would remember them? the plumbers. here is the thing about the plumbers. they sound like a bunch of arch criminals, those guys were stumbled bums, classic washington fashion, they -- like james bond or the g-man. actually hunt was a fool who had been dumped on the white house by the ca in classic modern washington tradition. they didn't want to give him the cia. lady was an idiot who had been dumped on the treasury which dumped him on the white house so the crack squad were run by eagle crowe who is not a criminal mastermind. he was a former eagle scout was his nickname at the white house was evil crowe. it was a joke. it was a joke. he wasn't evil at all but he was intimidated by nixon and ran into this crew of clowns and they screwed up. they broke into a psychiatrist's office and made a hash of that and then broke into watergate and did other things as well and got caugh

hoover, especially, for as they well connected loving may have learned, the fbi director was rumored to black, creole ancestry from new orleans, that he was in 1937 the sole exception to his own requirement of a birth certificate on file. anthony summers and gore vidal found darkly significant if youl'll pardon the pun. a few words about max jurgen. he was one of the most remarkable people on the left. 1892 to 1975. educated. from north carolina. educated at shaw. early on he entered the ymca and was sent to africa as the only african-american person of color to do y work in south africa. he was a great success there. though somewhat disappointed with the limitations of his mandate. he returned and was awarded the 1933 spin guard metal by the naacp and then by 1935 he became the second president of the national negro conference. he went on to be quite active on the left. and in 1940 so he became the first african-american faculty member at city college. and introduced the first course on negro history and culture at that institution. and one of the first everywhere. he then became in

hoover's. designed to beef up exculpatory dossiers to assist palmer raids. profiled sub verse significance emma goldman, alexander berkman, rose pastor stokes, who was known to lose her fbil by darting through the ritz and harvard law professor frankfurter, whom hoover flattered calling him the most dangerous man in the united states. the most dangerous black man in america he said was a. phillip randolph and chandler owen, pub leshs of the messenger magazine impounded by the postmaster general. dodubois's crisis provided juste department abundant evidence of sedition and conspiracy, so hoover would claim. addressing the naacp spirited 10th anniversary national conference that june, but clearly speaking beyond the naacp to white america, dubois called racism, the handmaiden of bolshevism, sentiment overwhelmingly endorsed by 200 delegates from 3 had states. anarchists and wobblies were less vexatious to south carolina congressman burns than a harvard-educated negro writer whose writings were talked about about thousands of black people in his part of the country burns charged editor with causing race riots in washington and chicago and with posing the grievest threat to

and, of course, director hoover wrote back and said oh, no, we were not looking for you. been made in some other agency. i have seen the fbi file. you know they were. i had been keeping records on pauli since her days at howard, and this was a decade later. so they have a nice little file. most of which was incorrect, as she suspected, or one agent would write something and then a couple years later would say they couldn't verify it at so i mean, just the experiences she had that which is not accessible to me in a real-life sense because it was before my time, really challenged me. >> you have spoken about pauli murray done about eleanor roosevelt. eleanor roosevelt is a well-known public figure, a woman of enormous importance in 20th century american history. what did you learn about her that you didn't know before but i know you probably knew a whole lot more about roosevelt going into this project than she did about pauli. >> i had always heard that she was a compassionate person, and the depth of her compassion and the depth of her acceptance of the pauli really struck me. i asked pauli these friends who saw them come

hoover refuses to do it. he is out of the game of black bags and burglaries, the fbi is not doing that anymore.hat does nixon do? he goes in-house, he creates his own investigative unit within the white house, the plumbers would remember them? the plumbers. here is the thing about the plumbers. they sound like a bunch of arch criminals, those guys were stumbled bums, classic washington fashion, they -- like james bond or the g-man. actually hunt was a fool who had been dumped on the white house by the ca in classic modern washington tradition. they didn't want to give him the cia. lady was an idiot who had been dumped on the treasury which dumped him on the white house so the crack squad were run by eagle crowe who is not a criminal mastermind. he was a former eagle scout was his nickname at the white house was evil crowe. it was a joke. it was a joke. he wasn't evil at all but he was intimidated by nixon and ran into this crew of clowns and they screwed up. they broke into a psychiatrist's office and made a hash of that and then broke into watergate and did other things as well and got caught.

fbi headquarters in washington, d.c. for 41 years now, but now one lawmaker said the new headquarters shouldn't be named for hoover.that the obama administration -- he wants to protest another building named after the first director, saying he routinely violated law and infringed on the constitutional rights of american citizens. funding for the headquarters has picked up steam and congress has approved $390 million for the budget in the 2016 budget, that is. >>> and a reunion five decades in the making. this is my favorite story of the day. take a close look at this old photo. it shows four marine buddies fresh out of basic training on a beach in florida. now look at this. 50 years later, the same friends, the same pose on the same beach. recruiting the picture when they were 20 years old. now they had not seen one another since they had deployed to the vietnam war. over the weekend they decided to get together. one of them went to six stores to find the perfect striped shirt to match the original photo. is that fantastic? how wonderful to see the marines back together again. >> it would have been so much easier h

i mentioned the organizational culture of the hoover fbi, the organizational culture of the hoover fbi meant there was never a whistleblower. whether we cite someone like jeffrey sterling, an african-american who is in jail that we should know, or we think about a great american patriot that is living under vladimer putin it teaches us whistleblowers are necessary to american freedom. without whistleblowers you get a hoover fbi. >> ladies and gentlemen, we have time for one or two questions. i know. trust me. we could stay here all day but mr. baker has to be general council of the fbi and garrow has many things to do. >> my question has to do with what the lesson the fbi is drivi driving currently from the martin luther king and how does that apply to new technology? not just under surveillance authorities but the fbi's racial and ethnic mapping program which we know from public disclosures of the manual, the guide is permitted or believes it has the authority to collect publically demographic information about race in the community. the aclu has filled public records request about th

hoover specially for the well-connected loving may have learned, the fbi director was rumored to havery from new orleans, but he was in 1937 the sole exception of requirement of birth certificate on file, anthony summers and gorb found darkly significant. if you will pardon the punt. a few words about max gergon. he was one of the most remarkable people on the left. dates 1892 to 1975. he was educated. he was from north carolina. he was educated at shaw. early on he entered the ymca and was sent to africa as the only african american and person of color to do work in south africa. he was great success there. disappointed with limitations of mandate, he returned and was awarded the 1933 spingard medal by the naacp. by 1935 he became the second president of the national negro conference. he went onto be quite active on the left and in 1940 or so, he became the first african african-american faculty member at city college and introduced the first course on anythingo history and culture at that institution and one of the first everywhere. he then became involved in the council on african