The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI Cover
Podcast Mentions

The Burglary The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI

Betty Medsger

The never-before-told full story of the history-changing break-in at the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists—quiet, ordinary, hardworking Americans—that made clear the shocking truth and confirmed what some had long suspected, that J. Edgar Hoover had created and was...

Podcasts 3
Quotes 7
Get on Amazon Listen on Audible
The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Podcast

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

It was discussed in detail as the basis for Ed Helms' podcast 'SNAFU', which focused on the FBI break-in and the journalist who exposed the excessive surveillance.

"

Betty Medsker then wrote a book in 2014 and that's what that is the burglary.

— Episode: Kamala Harris Picks Minn. Governor & Mid...

Episode: Kamala Harris Picks Minn. Governor & Midwestern Da...

It was discussed in detail as the basis for Ed Helms' podcast 'SNAFU', which focused on the FBI break-in and the journalist who exposed the excessive surveillance.

"

Betty Medsker then wrote a book in 2014 and that's what that is the burglary.

My own document revealed that every black student at Swarthmore College was under FBI surveillance.

Episode: Kamala Harris Picks Minn. Governor & Midwestern Da...

It was discussed as a book written by a Washington Post journalist about the FBI break-in and subsequent release of documents, which was a significant event impacting the FBI and other US agencies.

"

Betty Medsker then wrote a book in 2014. And that's what that is, The Burglary.

40% of the case files that the crew stole dealt with surveillance of legal political activity.

One document revealed that every black student at Swarthmore College was under FBI surveillance.

Criminal

Podcast

Criminal

It detailed the break-in at the FBI office and the discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's secret FBI program, COINTELPRO, and was published 43 years after the incident.

"

And then the history of the FBI, and I'd like to write a book about it.

— Episode: Breaking into the F.B.I.

Episode: Breaking into the F.B.I.

It detailed the break-in at the FBI office and the discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's secret FBI program, COINTELPRO, and was published 43 years after the incident.

"

And then the history of the FBI, and I'd like to write a book about it.

And you can find out more about Betty Metzger's book, The Burglary, the discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's secret FBI.

Note: The book recommendations on this page are discovered automatically from podcast transcripts, and may be incorrect or incomplete.