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rusty fender

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13. I'd bet that Hoover hired Ray

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Tue Jan 19, 2016, 09:14 PM

Jan 2016

to kill King. The establishment was scared to death that King would turn the country against the Vietnam war.

They desperately needed to get rid of him.

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To KING from J Edgar [View all] Octafish Jan 2016 OP

Exactly. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2016 #1

Hannah Arendt put the goal of wholesale surveillance into words. Octafish Jan 2016 #2

K& 5th R! Thanks for the post, Octafish, the surveillance state has been in effect for a long time, Ghost in the Machine Jan 2016 #3

Allen Dulles BFEE had the negatives on Hoover. Octafish Jan 2016 #6

Unredacted? gratuitous Jan 2016 #4

Good catch, gratuitous. That space left blank. Octafish Jan 2016 #8

another great post SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #5

What an Uncensored Letter to M.L.K. Reveals Octafish Jan 2016 #9

hoover was a petty cruel control freak. nt Javaman Jan 2016 #7

JFK had to order Hoover to integrate the FBI. Octafish Jan 2016 #10

Post removed Post removed Jan 2016 #11

That's pretty disturbing! elias49 Jan 2016 #12

Didn't stop with Dr. King. In 1970 Hoover's FBI worked to destroy actress Jean Seberg. Octafish Jan 2016 #14

I'd bet that Hoover hired Ray rusty fender Jan 2016 #13

Attorney William Pepper has pretty much indicted the US Government in Dr. King's murder. Octafish Jan 2016 #15

Thanks for that info rusty fender Jan 2016 #16