Arthur Eckstein— Weatherman—the Weather Underground Organization—was the most famous group of young people committed to revolutionary violence to emerge out of the late 1960s. In protest of American racism and the Vietnam War, they detonated more than two dozen dynamite bombs between 1970 and 1975, and hit some spectacular targets,
When Sarah Palin announced that she would be resigning as Governor of Alaska with 18 months left in her term, she offered no clear explanation for her decision, and the rumors soon began to fly. One theory among them that Palin was being investigated by the FBI; however, in an
This summer marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the institution that redefined American justice and fascinated the collective imagination of the American people with its cases and characters. Last week, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, author of The FBI: A History, appeared on the NPR show On Point. Jeffreys-Jones
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, author of The FBI: A History, will speak tomorrow, October 9th, at Stanford University about “The FBI in Historical Perspective.” This event will be open to the public, and will last from 4pm-5:15pm. No reservations are required. The event is hosted by the Center for International Security and