Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-578) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
In the absence of oversight -- Choosing burglary -- The team is formed -- The burglars in the attic -- Time out for White House meeting -- With thanks to Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier -- Escape to the farm -- J. Edgar Hoover's worst nightmare -- FBI and burglars in a race -- To publish or not to publish -- Appropriate for the secret police of the Soviet Union -- I'm thinking of turning you in -- Being American while Black and other insights from media -- The subterfuge continues -- COINTELPRO hovers -- Victory at Camden -- Defeat at Camden -- The secret FBI emerges -- Crude and cruel -- Closing cases -- Dumbstruck that it meant something -- Unconditionally positive -- Very pleased, missing the joy -- Building little pockets of life -- You didn't do that -- Fragile reform -- The NSA files -- Questions.
Summary, etc.:
An account of the 1971 break-in of the FBI offices in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists cites their roles in triggering major changes in the FBI and confirming that J. Edgar Hoover had run a personal shadow-FBI.