Posted on 01/14/2024 11:40:50 PM PST by Libloather
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has defended his family's role in the secret government surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr.
Kennedy's comments came on the eve of the MLK Jr holiday, on a campaign stop in Atlanta.
He defended his father Robert F Kennedy and JFK for permitting the eavesdropping - calling it a necessary step amid the political tensions of the era.
The FBI began wiretapping King's home in Atlanta on November 8, 1963 - with then-AG Robert Kennedy's written approval. It remained in place until April of 1965, while another in his office stayed until June of 1966.
Some contended the probe's premise was to prove that King was a communist threat, but unsealed documents revealed it was the March on Washington a few months earlier that ruffled the Kennedy's Administration's feathers.
The 260000- strong display - and King's accompanying 'I have a dream' speech - caused the FBI to brand the civil rights leader as 'demagogic', and 'the most dangerous Negro of the future in this nation'. They went on to bill the probe an in-depth look into King's communist links, before simply spying on him instead.
Speaking to Politico, the longshot presidential candidate argued that his dad and uncle permitted the eavesdropping due to the early '60s' political climate - and thus should be looked at with some leniency.
'They were betting not only the civil rights movement but their own careers,' said Kennedy, 69.
'They knew that Hoover was out to ruin King,' he continued, referring to then FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, who, after JFK's death a few weeks after the wiretap was carried out, started directly providing Lyndon B. Johnson the information gleaned.
'There was good reason for them doing that at the time,' he said...
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He played footsie with Commies, and preached a faulse Social Gospel. Can’t stand him. FREDRICK DOUGLAS deserves the day.
That was a parallel scientific revelation and castigation effect for sure. Additionally as the story narrative developed Sally Hemings became the most exclusively single illiterate heroine and historical figure to ever obscure the entire French Revolution retroactively by modern woke revisionists. At least that knowledge is good for a question answered on an advanced placement test or something—not.
The smoke signal given by his habit should be considered too.
Did he always smoke alone etc... Did his cigarette brand name package mark the spot?
He was against it
Well-said. Thank you.
I think Hemmings was also like 12 years when she had any association with TJ.
Don’t forget allegations he like to place dungeon master on white women
Wonder if he learned that at the Highland School of how to get white people to be stupider
Like Reagan said when he had to sign despite opposing it
The myth becomes the reality
Like homosexual men can actually be women
Martin can actually be a saint
We have a poster here who was active in COINTELPRO
Interesting era
Back when feds treated the far left as a threat
Slavery and racism
Still original sins for some freepers as Rome burns
Fewer than 24 years ago though
Pass
Eventually Obama will have his own day.
The Code Noir as used by the French King had different restrictions on slave ownership and other permitted activity.
The Spanish King required a “convert” status, also.
Thomas Jefferson didn’t practice Catholicism or so I’ve been told.
Did the FBI tap and tape lines between Rev Wright, Soetoro, and Young? I bet they did....
Y-you mean there is no proof that TJ diddled his slave? My world is crushed. WTF do we care about HIM for, then?/Sarc
If all the descendents are Peter’s, I don’t think Thomas is off the hook.
True, but TJ didn’t have a local reputation as a diddler of the help, Peter did!
” I am open to an even-handed biography on MLK if such a thing exists.”
Excellent post.
I read very widely—and I have never found such a book.
Today it would be banned by Amazon.
The FBI wiretap of MLK was primarily caused because one of his top aides was an avowed member of the Communist Party—and J. Edgar Hoover was convinced (rightly or wrongly—hard to tell) that the Russians were seeking to gain control of MLK as an “agent of influence”.
Ironically this is the same “logic” the FBI uses to infiltrate and wiretap Trump supporters today.
COINTELPRO has a new (top secret) name these days—but the tactics remain the same.
If anyone is unfamiliar with it they will be stunned by the details.
Then we get to the MLK assassination—at this point members of the MLK family are convinced the FBI did the deed and that James Earl Ray was a patsy.
This is a fascinating period of American history—and most establishment historians are pushing agendas that have nothing to do with fact-finding.
If you want facts you are on your own.
See post 36.
There are many parallels with today.
The FBI needs to justify its existence and growth—and when they don’t have real national security threats fake ones work just as well.
It was still wrong even though he didn't do it.
Well said. I’ve yet to meet athe perfect person. Don’t tell my wife I said that. 😃
Not trying to make him look good. I am not the fan I used to be. Jefferson was way too much the fan boy of the French Revolution for my tastes. Just trying to be fair and not just pile on because it’s now fashionable.
Anyway, Jefferson was gone from Monticello through most of that time period. Even when he was there, I doubt he kept tabs on his brother. Another candidate is his brother’s son Isham Randolph Jefferson who was known to be there more often then Randolph.
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