I'm hoping you realized I was being sarcastic and you were responding in kind.
Of course, I read here often enough that I know where you stand on a lot of things Pooch. I apologize for not clarifying my dry humor.
If not, please be aware that I meant that as a comparison with the current screeching about wiretapping under the Patriot Act.
I don't agree with the domestic wiretaps in either case. The communist threat as stated by J. Edgar was largely overstated (though not non-existent), and I think that arguments along the same line could be made about wiretapping under the PA. It's hard to judge the effectiveness of wiretaps under the PA when there are no statistics, only the govt. saying "Trust us". Sorry, but I don't.
It is amazing to me to find that MLK - often linked with the Kennedy icons - was being targetted by them.
Why? The Kennedy's were the Hillary Clintons of their day (albeit a lot more charismatic), connected, wealthy, and doing whatever was politically expedient. That said, J. Edgar was a force unto himself, doing pretty much whatever he wanted with no accountability because of his ability to blackmail.
