For the record, Ward Churchill (co)wrote a great book about the COINTELPRO, the FBI program which has certain parallels to the current vast right wing conspiracy (planted stories in sympathetic outlets, stories which are later found to be false). Worth a read. There's also a second book which reprints various source materials.
“Agents of Repression: The Fbi's Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement” (Ward Churchill, James Vanderwall)
Strongly recommended books. I wrote a senior thesis at UT using some of this material (LBJ and the Rise of the Surveillance State), but never did the subject justice, due to other issues in my personal life at the time.
