January 23, 2006
Through the Freedom of Information act, Lawrence author David Ohle helped obtain FBI documents from the '60s and '70s detailing surveillance of then-Lawrenceians who were watched because of their affiliation with the "New Left."
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FBI documents shed light on domestic surveillance in Lawrence
Mysterious men watching houses from parked cars. Secret government infiltration of activist groups. Classified FBI files on seemingly innocuous citizens. It's the stuff that conspiracy theories are made of. And it all happened in Lawrence during the political upheaval of the late '60s and early '70s.
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