destruction

Bugging out on this thread for tonight but I'm appending one last comment to the top thread. Thanks Pickle.

I totally missed the following in the Times of Israel article:

Dallek: "But the ADL also had undercover agents with code names, who were able to infiltrate the society’s headquarters in Belmont, Massachusetts, and various chapter officers. They dug up financial and employment information about individual Birchers."

[...]

Elia-Shalvev: "That last thought brings to mind another, right-wing Jewish group that existed in this era of taking things into our own hands, that did use violence, explosives even."

Dallek: "You mean the Jewish Defense League, led by Meir Kahane."

Elia-Shalvev: "Yes, exactly."

Dallek: "He was a Bircher. Toward the end of my book, I mention that he was a member for a while, under his alias Michael King."

WHAT THE FUCK? So an ADL agent went on to form an internationally recognized terrorist group and he got his start by spying on American grassroots politics?

destruction

Bugging out on this thread for tonight but I'm appending one last comment to the top thread. Thanks Pickle.

I totally missed the following in the Times of Israel article:

Dallek: "But the ADL also had undercover agents with code names, who were able to infiltrate the society’s headquarters in Belmont, Massachusetts, and various chapter officers. They dug up financial and employment information about individual Birchers."

[...]

Elia-Shalvev: "That last thought brings to mind another, right-wing Jewish group that existed in this era of taking things into our own hands, that did use violence, explosives even."

Dallek: "You mean the Jewish Defense League, led by Meir Kahane."

Elia-Shalvev: "Yes, exactly."

Dallek: "He was a Bircher. Toward the end of my book, I mention that he was a member for a while, under his alias Michael King."

WHAT THE FUCK? So and ADL agent went on to form an internationally recognized terrorist group and he got his start by spying on American grassroots politics?

destruction

Bugging out on this thread for tonight but I'm appending one last comment to the top thread. Thanks Pickle.

I totally missed the following in the Times of Israel article:

Dallek: "But the ADL also had undercover agents with code names, who were able to infiltrate the society’s headquarters in Belmont, Massachusetts, and various chapter officers. They dug up financial and employment information about individual Birchers."

[...]

Elia-Shalvev: "That last thought brings to mind another, right-wing Jewish group that existed in this era of taking things into our own hands, that did use violence, explosives even."

Dallek: "You mean the Jewish Defense League, led by Meir Kahane."

Elia-Shalvev: "Yes, exactly."

Dallek: "He was a Bircher. Toward the end of my book, I mention that he was a member for a while, under his alias Michael King."

WHAT THE FUCK?