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Mystery of FBI Documents Posted To US Press In 1971 Solved

AHuxley writes "A team of eight antiwar activists broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania and removed at least 1000 documents. Once removed and sorted, the bulk of the files showed FBI spying on U.S. political groups. COINTELPRO had been found. 43 years later five of the participants have come forward."

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  1. And the entire reason they come forward not listed by rahvin112 · · Score: 4, Informative

    And the summary willfully leaves out the reason they came forward. They came forward as a show of support for Snowden.