[keithtoo]

Hoover was the agent, but RFK (peace be upon him) was the inquisitor.

[oldtimer]

I distinctly recall that Martin L. King belonged to twenty-four communist organizations.

In those days, yes it was OK to indentify communist organizations that way.

[CIDKauf]

I disagree...Hoover was a demi-god in this country by then. He had files on John Lennon, Martin Luther King, Richard Nixon, and any one of a number of citizens that HE deemed a risk, and carried them through all administrations, orchestrating whatever was necessary in HIS mind to supply crucial information on domestic matters to any political group in power at the time.

[OldFriend]

Robert Kennedy and Hoover were worried about the communist influence on MLK.

[CyberAnt]

You are correct! It was Kennedy who ordered the spying on King - not Hoover.

Chris is doing this because the left's mantra is DOMESTIC SPYING! And .. Hoover was a Republican ..?? At least I see the connection there - repub is bad - dem is good.

And .. Chris' fable isn't related to the NSA's computers listening in to FOREIGN TERRORISTS who are calling people in the USA.