[B4Ranch]

"I am reporting what is contained in FBI documents."


The FBI, to their credit, does full, carefull, exacting evaluation of anyone whom they are considering for hire. Do you not notice that the men who worked as spies and counter spies for the Bureau can be cast aside as waste when the politics of Washington, D.C. change?

Have you noticed that the growth of the various United Nations ideas sprouted during the mid 1960's? Do you comprehend the intentions of the United Nations? Do you believe they are here to help or hurt the people of the United States.

[Ernie.cal]

B4:

I think you are a little confused. The FBI did not "cast aside" any of its informants due to Washington, D.C. politics.

The Bureau became aware of the post-FBI activities of some of its Agents and informants and concluded that those persons had become what the Bureau sarcastically referred to as "professional anti-Communists" -- i.e. persons who derive their income from speaking or writing about Communism and Communist activities.

As many memos make clear, former FBI informants would often speak on matters about which they had no knowledge OR where their knowledge was limited to a specific place or time frame. But organizations such as the JBS never bothered to determine what, exactly, such persons did or did not know -- i.e. the extent of their expertise.

In Julia Brown's case, the Bureau was quite concerned that if she "went public" via magazine articles, books, speeches, etc. she would expose as "Communists" local persons in Cleveland she had met who, unknown to her, in reality were FBI security informants within the Communist Party...and thus, end their usefulness to the Bureau.

As reports came into the Bureau of statements made by Julia (or Dan Smoot, Karl Prussion, and others) about various matters---it became apparent that these folks were presenting PERSONAL opinions which were not supported by data in FBI files or from FBI investigations and thus contradicted conclusions reached by the Bureau.

In many cases, those personal opinions were tailored to appeal to audiences who would then buy books, magazines, attend speeches, seminars, anti-Communist schools, etc. all of which generated income for "professional anti-Communists".

As Bureau memos make clear, the FBI thought many of the persons and groups formerly associated with the FBI were exploiting the GENUINE concerns of ordinary citizens about Communism primarily to generate a living for themselves.

In addition to the persons I mentioned previously, the Bureau also referred to Fred Schwarz and Billy James Hargis as "professional anti-Communists".

Ernie