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Hoover's ghost
It's not as if J. Edgar Hoover is about to rise from his grave and harass peaceful protesters against Bush administration policies in Iraq and elsewhere, the way the longtime FBI director did anti-Vietnam war protesters. But some current FBI practices are unsettlingly reminiscent of the Cointel domestic-spying program of the 1960s and '70s, and they need to be scaled back before Attorney General John Ashcroft -- far from the most vigilant guardian of Americans' civil liberties -- further confuses dissent with terrorism.
It's not as if J. Edgar Hoover is about to rise from his grave and harass peaceful protesters against Bush administration policies in Iraq and elsewhere, the way the longtime FBI director did anti-Vietnam war protesters. But some current FBI practices are unsettlingly reminiscent of the Cointel domestic-spying program of the 1960s and '70s, and they need to be scaled back before Attorney General John Ashcroft -- far from the most vigilant guardian of Americans' civil liberties -- further confuses dissent with terrorism.
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