with the intent to harass and intimidate various groups and individuals for expressing their political views.  From 1948 to 1966 the FBI is said to have committed numerous "black bag jobs" (breakings and enterings) in the Chicago area, many of which resulted in the gathering of information concerning lawful political activities.  To repeat an example from our en banc decision:  After Martin Luther King was "named 'Man of the Year' by Time magazine, the FBI decided to 'take him off his pedestal'...."   If, indeed, that sort of investigative activity seems a lot less likely today, then this consent decree as well as other guidelines issued to and by the FBI have done their job.  The existence of the decree today, as weAn exchange with the Politico's editor in chief highlights some interesting points about what really motivates our nation's journalistic elite.

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March 30, 2007 5:09PM (UTC)

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The Politico's Editor-in-Chief, John Harris, has responded via e-mail to the posts I wrote earlier this week, as well as to questions I sent to Politico reporter Mike Allen about the Politico/Drudge relationship (posted in the first link). Due to its substantial length, I have re-printed the exchange I had with Harris in the post below [Harris' email to me in its entirety is first (which he agreed for me to post), followed by my reply, and then another reply from Harris].

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Previously, Harris was National Political Editor of The Washington Post and was co-author with former ABC News' Mark Halperin of the 2006 book