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“KEEP TALKING—NOW I GET TO LISTEN IN”
As Senator Robert F. Kennedy, former U.S. Attorney General, and FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover publicly argued over who bore the greater blame for unconstitutional use of wiretapping, they revealed the extent to which the government had been spying on its own citizens. By pitting them against a man representing the citizens of the United States, Herblock contended that Americans had a right to know what surveillance their government had authorized, announcing “And what goes on in government is the people’s business.”
“Keep Talking—Now I Get to Listen In,” 1966. Published in the Washington Post, December 13, 1966. |