Bloom And Fbi Case Study

In August of 1969 Abe Bloom and Arthur Waskow were planning a demonstration set for November first in Washington D.C. The demonstration was aimed at ending the war in Vietnam. To make a greater impact the New Mob wanted to have participation from the Black United Front(BUFF). The combining of these two groups made the FBI take a greater interest in which they can to the conclusion to keep them separate. To do this the FBI wrote letters to the groups, got records of bank statement and calls, and implanted informants in the New mob. The letters were depicted to look like the leaders of each group wrote them. Contained in the letters were controversial issues between the groups that the FBI exploited to keep them from rallying together. Thus the FBI successfully kept them apart and suppressed their right to freedom of assembly that is guaranteed to citizens in the first amendment. In writing letters and trying to create a separation between BUFF and the New Mob to stop the assembly from gaining supporters the FBI was constricting the groups rights. The FBI should only have the right to interfere when their is a clear or present danger, the information could lead to stopping …show more content…
For example if the FBI creates false information to keep terrorist groups apart or to keep people from teaming up together and creating a bomb. In the Case of Hobson V Wilson there were no indications that their assembly would lead to dangerous situations for the public. Doug Moore even suggested a head tax to Julius Hobson because the assembly would cause the need for extra city administrators, police officers, and traffic control to keep the public safe. To thwart these efforts FBI agents assignment to Charles Brennan's counterintelligence program COINTRLPRO sent a letter to Hobson over an idea that showed these activist were not intent on becoming