At 11:33 AM 10/02/1997 -0700, you wrote:
Thanks, all, for the suggestions. Unfortunately my time is limited: my deadline is tonight. I'm working on a roundup of pre-reported cases, not reporting out new ones. (at least for this project)
My best source so far is the 1976 Church Committee documents. Gentry's bio of J. Edgar Hoover is a good one too. Burnham lent me a copy of his "Above the Law" book about the DoJ which I haven't finished yet. Haven't read Puzzle Palace in a while, probably don't have time to reread that.
Another good book, not that you'll be able to find it by last night, is "L.A. Secret Police", which was an expose' of the Darryl Gates LAPD's shadier activities. It's a bit sensationalist, but adds some local-police balance to the usual Federal cases. Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com Regular Key PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639