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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Thu Sep 26, 2013, 04:59 AM Sep 2013

NSA spied on Martin Luther King and boxer Muhammad Ali, documents reveal.

The US National Security Agency spied on civil rights leader Martin Luther King and boxer Muhammad Ali during the height of the Vietnam War protests, declassified documents reveal.

The documents show the NSA also tracked journalists from the New York Times and the Washington Post and two senators.

Some NSA officials later described the programme as "disreputable if not outright illegal", the documents show.

The operation, dubbed "Minaret", was originally exposed in the 1970s.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24279394

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NSA spied on Martin Luther King and boxer Muhammad Ali, documents reveal. (Original Post) dipsydoodle Sep 2013 OP

Not surprising they were watching Senator Church also. n/t hootinholler Sep 2013 #1

interesting I had heard that FBI was watching MLK and littlewolf Sep 2013 #2

Also Senator Frank Church an anti Vietnam critc.but think Ichingcarpenter Sep 2013 #3

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)

1. Not surprising they were watching Senator Church also. n/t

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Thu Sep 26, 2013, 07:24 AM

Sep 2013

littlewolf

(3,813 posts)

2. interesting I had heard that FBI was watching MLK and

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Thu Sep 26, 2013, 07:52 AM

Sep 2013

Malcome X. not sure who else they were watching.

Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)

3. Also Senator Frank Church an anti Vietnam critc.but think

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Thu Sep 26, 2013, 09:00 AM

Sep 2013

this is just coming out now and their powers and have grown ten fold and accountability in the opposite direction

we are just finding out that they abused their power long ago imagine what else we will find out in the future.

The NSA can not be reformed from within.

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