Documents Show FBI Spied on King's Widow

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Source: Associated Press

Federal agents spied on the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for several years after his assassination in 1968, according to newly released documents that reveal the FBI worried about her following in the footsteps of the slain civil rights icon.

In memos that reveal Coretta Scott King being closely followed by the government, the FBI noted concern that she might attempt "to tie the anti-Vietnam movement to the civil rights movement."

Four years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, the FBI closed its file on Coretta Scott King, saying, "No information has come to the attention of Atlanta which indicates a propensity for violence or affiliation of subversive elements," according to a memorandum dated Nov. 30, 1972.

The documents were obtained by Houston television station KHOU in a story published Thursday. Coretta Scott King died in January 2006 at the age of 78.



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[bluerum]

1. Jesus H. Christo. Both their graves are bugged so the feds can listen to visitors.

Sorry - have to add this - :sarcasm:

[defendandprotect]

2. Really? They say that there's still a lot of listening posts around Dealey Plaza --

frightened, paranoid people ---

A good sign!!!

[AlCzervik]

3. raise your hand if you aren't surprised.

:-(

[lvx35]

4. Who is it that sits up there and comes up with these arbitrary distinctions?

MLK is for civil rights, okay we can let that slide. MLK is against Viet Nam, that must be stopped at all costs.

[FredScuttle]

5. My apologies to current FBI agents and employees

but fuck the fucking Federal Bureau of Investigation. Between COINTELPRO and this bullshit, the FBI has a stain that will take decades to wipe off.

[RufusTFirefly]

6. Uh...

Ever listen to the speech that the great Dr. King gave almost exactly a year before the FBI did away with him?

"...I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today: my own government."

That line probably had Hoover peeing in his party dress.