kristina lindborg is the author and she joins us now from boston. ms. lindborg when did you get interested in why did you get interested in this story? >> guest: interesting peter the way it came about, actually it was last november i was covering just a panel discussion this was for a another news organization that has a lot of local newspapers so i was covering a panel discussion because the mayor had called this meeting with all sorts of town officials, the chief of police different people who were involved with the youth community services to talk about what had come to her attention with this problem of the heroin. people were finding needles in the most incongruous places like on the beaches are on the playgrounds. in a neighboring town a woman had been found unconscious peer issue is experiencexperiencing an overdose in a public restroom so this was all of a sudden coming out in a town or city i should say, a small city that never experienced anything like this before. it's a very affluent seaside community will. a lot of tourists go there. it ha

kristina lindborg and regularly filed reports with the fbi. americans had no idea that that kind of informing was taking place. they were untrained informers. on march 8, 1971, a group broke into an office in pennsylvania and stole every document in the building. the story sunday night. mr. speaker, i rise today out of concern for you, all of us and the concern for this house. as one that has been involved in the reform movement for the year i have been here in congress, those of us interested in reform are interested so that -- are interested just in that reform. we do not want to bash this institution or our collects. but all of you at home, you have talked your constituents. they are outraged. congress today stands at it lowest esteem in the polling of this country. because the american people look at us as ineffective and unaccountable. if we are sincerely going to do something about reform in this congress, those are the issues we have to address. accountability. on the effect of this issue, we know the problems of committees and the prol

kristina lindborg is the author and joins us now from boston.hen did you get interested and why did you get interested in the story? about, it wascame last november. i was covering a panel discussion. this was another news organization that has a lot of local newspapers. i was covering a panel discussion. called with all sorts of town officials. the chief of police -- different people who were using community services. they were talking about what has come to her attention. there is this problem of heroin. needles in finding uncommon places, like on beaches or playgrounds. in a neighboring town, a woman was found unconscious -- she was experiencing an overdose in a public restroom. this was coming out in a town or city that has never experienced anything like this. it is a very affluent seaside community. a lot of tourists go there. rich maritime history. i went to this meeting and i was surprised. i live in a neighboring town. i had never heard anything like this. i went back to my editor and i said, i think this is a bigger story than covering