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How an ADL spy operation helped bring down the far-right John Birch Society (www.timesofisrael.com)

posted 2 years ago by BollocksToBolsheviks 2 years ago by BollocksToBolsheviks +64 / -0

How an ADL spy operation helped bring down the far-right John Birch Society

Researching his new book 'Birchers,' Matthew Dallek discovers paperwork documenting a successful espionage effort to thwart an anti-Civil Rights group deemed a threat by some Jews

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– BollocksToBolsheviks [S] 21 points 2 years ago +21 / -0

I doubt anything regarding the ADL would be surprising but the article is worth a read for the brazenness alone. These guys still openly admit to doing this stuff (updated for the digital age), and have government contracts.

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