Reading List on Intelligence Agencies and Political Repression

READING LIST ON INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES & POLITICAL REPRESSION

by Chip Berlet & Linda Lotz
Revised (1/14/91)

Distributed by:
Movement Support Network / Center for Constitutional Rights
National Lawyers Guild Civil Liberties Committee

This is the reading list circulated by Phil Agee at his Speakout
lectures.  For information about the refusal of the U.S. government to
enter the country to lecture, see "Agee" topic in this conference.

For the reading list, see the following Reply files:

THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

#1   CIA--GENERAL
#2   CIA--SPECIFIC COUNTRIES AND REGIONS
#3   CIA--ALLIANCES WITH DICTATORS, FASCISTS AND NAZIS
#4   CIA--AT HOME
#5   CIA--MEMOIRS OF FORMER DIRECTORS & EMPLOYEES

THE POLITICS OF COVERT ACTION

#6   INTELLIGENCE NETWORKS & POLICY MAKERS
#7   IRAN--CONTRAGATE

REPRESSION IN THE UNITED STATES

#8   THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION & COINTELPRO
#9   OTHER ASPECTS OF POLITICAL REPRESSION

OTHER RESOURCES

#10  MAGAZINES, NEWSLETTERS & PERIODICALS
#11  WHAT TO DO - FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
#12  WHAT TO DO - EDUCATION & ORGANIZING GUIDES
#13  WHAT TO DO - LITIGATION
#14  ODDS & ENDS

READING LIST ON
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES
& POLITICAL REPRESSION

by Chip Berlet & Linda Lotz
Revised (1/14/91)

THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

CIA--GENERAL

"At War With Peace:  U.S.  Covert Operations" Kit Gage/NCARL, First
Amendment Foundation, 1990.  An indispensible pamphlet chronicling the
history of CIA covert actions, its human costs, laws regulating it, and
restrictions to information about it.  $2.50 NCARL, 1313 West 8th
Street, Suite 313, Los Angeles, CA 90017. 213-484-6661.

"The Agency:  The Rise and Decline of the CIA".  John Ranelagh, 1987,
Touchstone/Simon & Schuster.  A revised edition of the most
widely-accepted comprehensive history of the CIA, now current through
Iran-Contragate and the appointment of William Webster as Director.

"Under Cover:  Thirty-Five Years of CIA Deception".  Darrell Garwood,
1985, Grove Press.  Fully documented history of covert operations by a
former UPI Pentagon correspondent.  Includes an extensive chronology.

"The CIA, A Forgotten History:  U.S.  Global Interventions Since World
War 2" William Blum, 1987, Zed Press.  A thorough review of the record
of CIA invlovement when the cold war turns hot.

"Secret Warriors:  Inside the Covert Military Operations of the Reagan
Era."  Steven Emerson, 1986, Putnam & Sons.  The best comprehensive
account of covert ops. during the Reagan Years.

"Presidents' Secret Wars:  CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations Since
World War II."  John Prados, Morrow, 1986.  Good overview with linkage
to problem of foreign policy and secrecy.

"The Man Who Kept Secrets--Richard Helms and the CIA".  Thomas Powers,
1979, Knopf.  A portrait of the CIA Director who launched nefarious and
deadly CIA activities in Chile, Iran and Vietnam.

"The Secret Team:  The CIA and its Allies in Control of the World"
Fletcher Prouty, 1974.  Early critical research on the CIA, but is
marred by a somewhat over-reaching analysis.

CIA--SPECIFIC COUNTRIES AND REGIONS

"Dirty Work I--The CIA in Western Europe."  Philip Agee and Louis Wolf,
1978, Lyle Stuart.  A compilation of articles including the classic "How
to Spot a Spook" and a list of 700 alleged agents.

"Dirty Work II--The CIA in Africa."  Philip Agee and Louis Wolf, 1979,
Lyle Stuart.  (Available from Covert Action Information Bulletin, Box
50272, Washington, DC 20004).  Articles focusing on Africa.

"Weakness and Deceit:  U.S.  Policy and El Salvador."  Raymond Bonner,
1984, New York Times Books.

"With the Contras:  A reporter in the fields of Nicaragua."  Christopher
Dickey, 1985, Simon and Schuster.

"The CIA's Nicaraguan Manual:  Psychological Operations in Guerrilla
Warfare."  CIA, 1985, Vintage.  A collection of essays written by the
CIA and others.

"Washington's War on Nicaragua."  Holly Sklar, 1988, South End Press.
The only full review of U.S. foreign policy toward Nicaragua.  Makes
connections between rightist political ideology and support for covert
operations as standard U.S. foreign policy tool.

"Nicaragua:  The Price of Intervention."  Peter Kornbluh, 1987,
Institute for Policy Studies.  Some sections are useful for reference to
counter-insurgency.

"The Freedom Fighter's Manual."  CIA, 1985, Grove Press.  A copy, with
translation, of the CIA's manual that targets D'Escoto and others in
Nicaragua for disruption and assassination.

"Ropes of Sand:  America's Failure in the Middle East."  Wilbur Crane
Eveland, 1980, W.W.  Norton.  The CIA attempted to censor this in-depth
examination of the U.S. activities in the Middle East.

"The Foreign Policy of Intervention:  The CIA in Guatemala."  R.H.
Immerman, 1983, University of Texas Press.  From the 1954 overthrow of
President Arbenz to the later role of the U.S. in Guatemala, our
government has played a key role in that country.

"Bitter Fruit--The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala."
Stephen Kinzer and Stephen Schleisinger, 1982, Doubleday.

"Perilous Missions:  Civil Air Transport and CIA Covert Operations in
Asia."  William M. Leary, 1984, University of Alabama.

"Grenada--The Struggle Against Destabilization."  Chris Searle, 1983,
W.W.  Norton.  The coordinated efforts of the CIA and economic and
diplomatic agencies to resist changes in Grenada.

"Decent Interval."  Frank Snepp, 1977, Vintage Books.  A former CIA
officer describes the Agency's failure to prepare for the evacuation of
Saigon in 1975.

"In Search of Enemies."  John Stockwell, 1978, W.W.  Norton.  The former
head of the CIA's Angolan Task Force criticizes the Agency's role in the
country.

CIA--ALLIANCES WITH
DICTATORS, FASCISTS AND NAZIS

"Blowback:  The First Full Account of America's Recruitment of Nazis,
and its Disastrous Effect on Our Domestic and Foreign Policy."
Christopher Simpson, 1988, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.  The title says it
all.

"Old Nazis, the New Right, and the Reagan Administration:  The Role of
Domestic Fascist Networks in the Republican Party and their Effect on
U.S.  Cold War Politics."  Russ Bellant, 1988, Political Research
Associates.  What the Blowback crowd did with their spare time after the
OSS/CIA recruited them to the U.S.  $6.50 from Political Research
Associates, Suite 205, 678 Mass.  Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139.

"Inside the League:  The Shocking Expose of How Terrorists, Nazis, and
Latin American Death Squads Have Infiltrated the World Anti-Communist
League."  Scott Anderson and Jon Lee Anderson, 1986, Dodd, Mead.  Traces
role of anti-Semites and neo-Nazis sheltered by CIA in private covert
action and propaganda wars around the world and how they network through
WACL.

"The Belarus Secret:  The Nazi Connection in America."  John Loftus,
1982, Paragon House.  The first full account of the clandestine
operation to bring Nazi collaborators to the U.S. to help wage guerrilla
warfare against eastern bloc nations.

"The Paperclip Conspiracy:  The Hunt for the Nazi Scientists" How the
U.S. covered up the thousands of corpses at Nazi slave labor rocket
facilities so we would beat them Russkies in launching the first
intercontinental ballistic missile.

"Missing:  The Execution of Charles Horman."  Thomas Hauser, 1978,
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (Touchstone / Simon & Schuster Edition, 1988).
American officals turn their back when the Chilean Junta murders a young
American.

"The Great Heroin Coup:  Drugs, Intelligence and International Fascism."
Henrik Kruger, 1980, South End Press.  Drug dealing and other activities
in Southeast Asia.

"Cry of the People--The Struggle for Human Rights in Latin America."
Penny Lernoux, 1982, Doubleday.  The Catholic Church in conflict with
U.S. policy.

"Hidden Terrors."  A.J.  Langguth, 1978, Pantheon Books.  How the CIA,
the Pentagon, and U.S. police advisors encouraged military takeovers in
Latin America.

"The Real Terror Network:  Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda".  Edward S.
Herman, 1982, South End Press.  How the CIA's advisors are actually
contributing to terrorism, through training, supplying arms, etc. to
foreign governments and rebel groups.

"The Pentagon-CIA Archipelago:  The Washington Connection and Third
World Fascism".  Noam Chomsky and Ed Herman, 1978, South End Press.
U.S. counter-revolutionary violence and subversion in the Third World.

"The Death Merchant".  Joseph C. Goulden, 1984, Bantam.  The story of
Edwin Wilson , who used his CIA connections to operate an international
arms firm and supplied Quaddafi with tons of explosives and with hit men
for political assassinations.

CIA--AT HOME

"Labyrinth" Taylor Branch and Eugene M. Propper, 1983, Penguin.  The
story of the search for the assassins of Orlando Letelier.

"Secret Agenda, Watergate, Deep Throat and the CIA."  Jim Hougan, 1984,
Random House.  One of many books exploring the CIA's role in Watergate.

"Search for the Manchurian Candidate."  John P. Marks, 1979, Quadrangle
Press.  The history of the CIA's drug and behavior control programs.

"Acid Dreams:  The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion."  Martin Lee and
Bruce Shlain, 1985, Grove Press.  The CIA thought LSD would
revolutionize the spy trade...nobody's perfect.

"The Mind Manipulators."  Alan W. Scheflin and Edward M. Opton, Jr.,
1978, Paddington Press, distributed by Grosset & Dunlap.  Reviews
behavior modification experiments by the CIA and the Army.

CIA--MEMOIRS OF FORMER DIRECTORS & EMPLOYEES

"Inside the Company."  Philip Agee, 1978, Penguin Books.  A diary
spanning twelve years of Agee's CIA work with a special focus on Central
and South America and Mexico.

"On the Run."  Philip Agee, 1987, Lyle Stuart.  The CIA takes a dim view
of Agee's philosophical turnabout and chases him around the world with
an alarming lack of humor.

"Deadly Deceits:  My 25 Years in the CIA."  Ralph Mcgehee, 1983,
Sheridan Square.  ($9.95 + 1.50 S/H c/o IMA 145 W. 4th St., N.Y., N.Y.
10012) Author's growing disillusionment with role of CIA as covert
action arm of the presidency.

"The CIA under Reagan, Bush and Casey:  The Evolution of the Agency from
Roosevelt to Reagan."  Ray S. Cline, 1981, Acropolis Books.  Expanded
version of the former Director's memoirs.

"Honorable Men:  My Life in the CIA."  William Colby and Peter Forbath,
1978, Simon and Schuster.  From the former CIA Director during the
Congressional investigations of the Agency.

"Will:  The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy." 1981, St.  Martins Press.
Gives insights into the man who had no qualms about torture or murder to
`protect' the U.S. national security.

"The Night Watch:  My 25 Years of Peculiar Service."  David Atlee
Phillips, 1977, Athenum.  A peculiar yet fascinating un-apologetic
reminiscence.

"Portrait of a Cold Warrior."  Joseph Burkholder Smith, 1976, G.P.
Putnam and Sons.  An insightful look from the view of the agent on the
street--in the Philippines, Indonesia and elsewhere.
THE POLITICS OF COVERT ACTION

INTELLIGENCE NETWORKS & POLICY MAKERS

"The Terrorism Industry:  The Experts and Institutions That Shape View
of Terror."  Edward Herman & Gerry O'Sullivan, 1990, Pantheon.  A
thorough discussion of how the concept and reality of terrorism has been
packaged and manipulated for to promote authoritarian and rightist
political ideology.

"The Crimes of Patriots:  A True Tale of Dope, Dirty Money, and the
CIA."  Jonathan Kwitny, 1987, W. W. Norton.  Wall Street Journal
reporter Kwitny unravels the mystery of the Nugan Hand Bank scandal.

"The Puzzle Palace--A Report on America's Most Secret Agency."  James
Bamford, 1982, Houghton Mifflin.  Details history, bureaucracy and scope
of activities of the National Security Agency.

"The Lawless State:  The Crimes of the U.S.  Intelligence Agencies."
Morton Halperin et al, 1978, Penguin Books.  (Available from the
American Civil Liberties Union/Center for National Security Studies, 122
Maryland Ave.  NE, Washington, DC 20002.)  Overview of efforts to spy
and disrupt by the CIA, FBI, NSA, IRS and grand juries.

"A World of Secrets--the Uses and Limits of Intelligence."  Walter
Laquer, 1985, The 20th Century Fund.  How foreign intelligence is used
and misused; and what can be done as seen by mainstream critics.

"Secret Contenders:  The Myth of Cold War Counterintelligence."  Melvin
Beck, 1984, Sheriden Square Press.  A devastating critique that details
the waste and lunacy of some CIA clandestine operations and concludes
that U.S. citizens are ultimately the real target of CIA propaganda
campaigns.

"Covert Action:  The Limits of Intervention in the Postwar World"
Gregory F. Treverton, Basic Books.  A critical re-assessment of covert
operations as a tool of U.S. foreign policy.

"Intelligence Requirements for the 1990's:  Collection, Analysis,
Counterintelligence, and Covert Action."  Roy Godson, ed., Lexington
Books/D.C.  Heath.  Edited by one of the more horrific geeks of the
intelligence empire, this collection of essays provides a blueprint for
creating the U.S. police state.  A shopping list for the guardians of
post-Constitutional America.  Sequal to the popular Intelligence
Requirements for the 1980's series of books.

"The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence."  Victor Marchetti and John
Marks, 1980, Dell Books.  Classic overview of the CIA and intelligence
operations; updated to include deletions by the CIA.

"The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia."  Alfred W. McCoy, with
Cathleen B. Read and Leonard P. Adams II, 1972, Harper--Colophon Books.
How the CIA and Air America served as the conduit for the Golden
Triangle opium trade in an effort to build an anti-communist army.

"Gifts of Deceit:  Sun Myung Moon, Tongsun Park and the Korean Scandal."
Robert Boettcher with Gordon L. Freedman, 1980, Holt, Rinehart & Wilson.
Moon's links to the Korean CIA and other assorted dirty linen is hung
out in this documented expose.  Shows Moon as a power-hungry
anti-democratic theocrat.

"Rollback:  Right-wing Power in U.S.  Foreign Policy."  Thomas
Bodenheimer & Robert Gould, 1989, South End Press.  A look at the
confrontational rightist political agenda that fuels U.S. militarism.

IRAN--CONTRAGATE

"Out of Control:  The Story of the Reagan Administration's Secret War in
Nicaragua, the Illegal Arms Pipeline, and the Contra Drug Connection."
Leslie Cockburn, 1987, Atlantic Monthly Press.  This account by a CBS
News correspondent is currently the best-documented expose on
Iran-Contragate.

"The Culture of Terrorism."  Noam Chomsky, 1978, South End Press.  A
brilliant polemic which argues that behind Iran-Contragate is a
relentless drive for world power by the U.S. government.

"The Iran Contra Connection:  Secret Teams and Covert Operations in the
Reagan Era."  Jonathan Marshall, Peter Dale Scott and Jane Hunter, 1987,
South End Press.  Hunter's section on the Israeli intelligence
connection is compelling, but some of the other material drifts into
conspiracy-minded conclusions not entirely supported with facts.  Still,
a good overview of Iran-Contragate covert action as not an isolated
incident but a logical outcome of institutionalized U.S. covert action
policy.

"The Soft War:  The Uses and Abuses of U.S.  Economic Aid in Central
America."  Tom Barry and Deb Preusch, 1988, Grove Press.  These
researchers from the Albuquerque-based Resource Center have compiled a
well-documented critique of the uses of so-called humanitarian aid in
Central America.

"Packaging the Contras:  A Case of CIA Disinformation."  Edgar Chamorro,
1987, Institute for Media Analysis.  ($5.00 +1.00 S/H to 145 W. 4th St.,
N.Y., N.Y. 10012) A former Contra leader reveals how the CIA created the
image of the Contras as the "democratic alternative."

REPRESSION IN THE UNITED STATES

THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION & COINTELPRO

"War at Home:  Covert Action Against U.S.  Activists and What We Can Do
About It."  Brian Glick, 1989, South End Press.  Must reading for all
serious political activists.  Provides a comprehesive and common sense
approach for those who must engage in political activity while facing
governmental and right-wing attacks.  Includes a cogent analysis of the
relationship between U.S. political economy and domestic covert action.

"Agents of Repression:  The FBI's Secret Wars Against the Black Panther
Party and the American Indian Movement."  Ward Churchill & Jim Vander
Wall, 1988, South End Press.  A chilling account of the murderous
tactics used aginst non-white political activists. 500 pages and an
extensive index and footnotes.

"COINTELPRO Papers:  Documents from the FBI's Secret Wars Against
Dissent in the United States."  Ward Churchill & Jim Vander Wall, 1989,
South End Press.  Actual FBI documents and commentary make a strong case
for convincing skeptics.  Replaces the "Counter-intelligence" book
previously issued by the NLG.

"The FBI v. The First Amendment" Richard Criley, 1990, First Amendment
Foundation.  The story of how the FBI attempted to "neutralize" the
National Committee Against Repressive Legislation (NCARL) which was
founded in 1960 as the National Committee to Abolish the House Committee
on Un-American Activities (HUAC/HCUA). 100 pages, $7.50.  Available
from:  First Amendment Foundation, 1313 W. 8th St., Suite 313, Los
Angeles, CA 90017.

"The Liberals and J. Edgar Hoover."  William W. Keller, 1989, Princeton
University Press.  How liberal congresspersons squirm and look away when
they are supposed to oversee agencies of police power and thus allow
their more reactionary collegues to craft agencies such as the FBI into
tools of repression.

"COINTELPRO:  The FBI's Secret War on Political Freedom."  Nelson
Blackstock, 1976, Vintage Books.  The FBI's campaign to infiltrate and
disrupt the Socialist Workers Party; good overview of the other Bureau
investigations of additional left organizations.

"The Age of Surveillance:  The Aims & Methods of America's Political
Intelligence System."  Frank Donner, 1980, Alfred Knopf.  The classic
tome documenting surveillance and harassment in the United States from
World War I to 1980.

"The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr."  David J. Garrow, 1981, Norton.
Documents the extensive investigation undertaken by the Bureau to find
ways to discredit and disrupt his quest for freedom.

"The File."  Penn Kimball, 1985, Avon.  How an innocent man became the
subject of an FBI investigation.

"Hoover and the Un-Americans:  The FBI, HUAC, and the Red Menace."
Kenneth O'Reilly, 1983, Temple University Press.  Documents the role of
the FBI in engineering the rise of McCarthyism.

"Racial Matters":  "The FBI's Secret File on Black America, 1960--1972."
Kenneth O'Reilly, 1988, Free Press.  How the FBI attacked the civil
rights movement while posing as its defender against violent attacks.
Useful to expose the film "Mississippi Burning" as a dangerous lie.

"The Killing of Karen Silkwood."  Richard Rashke, 1981, Houghton
Mifflin.  The FBI's role in the life, and investigation after the death
of the Oklahoma atomic worker.

"Beyond the Hiss Case:  The FBI, Congress and the Cold War."  Athan
Theoharis, 1982, Temple University Press.

"FBI."  Sanford Unger, 1976, Little Brown and Co.  An in-depth study,
with background on many officials; glossary of acronyms for COINTELPRO
investigations.

"In the Spirit of Crazy Horse" Peter Matthiessen, 1983, Viking Press.
The story of how the FBI targeted the American Indian Movement.

"Voices from Wounded Knee."  Told by the participants and residents of
Wounded Knee. 1976, Akwesasne Notes (a Native American newspaper
published from the Mohawk Nation, Rooseveltown, New York 13683).  An
account of the occupation at Wounded Knee, with some details on FBI
presence on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

OTHER ASPECTS OF POLITICAL REPRESSION

"It Did Happen Here:  Recollections of Political Repression in America."
Bud Schultz and Ruth Schultz, 1989, University of California Press.
With their own words, victims of political repression in the U.S.
discuss their lives and their battles.  A powerful indictment of the
myth of equal justice under law in the U.S.

"Liberty Under Siege:  American Politics 1976-1988" Walter Karp, 1988,
Henry Holt & Co.  Reviewing this book, Bill Moyers quipped it was "like
a cold shower on the morning after.  Here, finally, is a reveille for
reality, a call to stop this long intoxication with illusion and look at
what has been happening to our republic."

"Universities in the Business of Repression:  The
Academic-Military-Industrial Complex and Central America."  Jonathan
Feldman, 1989, South End Press.  How campus-based research programs are
influenced by a militarist mentality.

"Under Cover:  Police Surveillance in America" Gary T. Marx, 1988,
Twentieth Century Fund/University of California Press.  The most
thoughtful critical analysis of undercover police techniques currently
available.

"Murder Under Two Flags:The U.S., Puerto Rico, and the Cerro Maravilla
Cover-up."  Anne Nelson, 1986, Ticknor & Fields.  How Puerto Rican
police officials murdered young "Independenistas" as part of an illegal
intelligence operation and then enlisted U.S. government agencies in the
cover-up.

"Domestic Intelligence:  Monitoring Dissent in America."  Richard E.
Morgan, 1980, University of Texas.  Considers the tension between
privacy and the need for government to protect the community, from the
perspective of the government."My Discovery of America."  Farley Mowat,
1985, Atlantic Monthly Press.  A Canadian naturalist writer details how
he was denied entry to the U.S. under the 1950 McCarren-Walters
Immigration Act and how the American people came to his support.

"The Great Fear."  David Caute, 1978, Simon and Schuster.
Anti-communist purge under Truman and Eisenhower.

"Political Repression in Modern America, 1870 to Present.", 2nd edition.
Robert J. Goldstein, 1978, Schenkman Books, Inc.  Government, corporate
and other pressures brought to bear on political groups through the
years.

"Political Hysteria in America--the Democratic Capacity for Repression."
Murray B. Levin, 1971, Basic Books.  Underlying forces that create
repressive periods such as the Red Scare of the 1920's and the McCarthy
era.

"Spooks:  The Haunting of America--the Private Use of Secret Agents."
Jim Hougan, 197, William Morrow and Co.  How private agents, often
former FBI or CIA employees, now provide security services for
multinational corporations.

"The Private Sector:  Rent-a-cops, Private Spies and the Police
Industrial Complex.  "George O'Toole, 1978, W.W.  Norton.  Very hard to
find but worth it.

RESOURCES

MAGAZINES, NEWSLETTERS & PERIODICALS

"Covert Action Information Bulletin."  Following in the footsteps of the
original 1970's Counterspy Magazine, this periodical chronicles CIA
activities around the world.  Also looks at surveillance and
disinformation campaigns in the U.S.  Write:  PO Box 50272, Washington
DC 20004.

"The National Reporter" (Formerly called "Counterspy)".  Another
spin-off from the original Counterspy, it ceased publication in late
1988.

"First Principles:  National Security and Civil Liberties."  Newsletter
that focuses on intelligence operations that undermine fundamental
political rights.  Special emphasis on the problems of reform.  Write:
Center for National Security Studies, 122 Maryland Ave.  NE, Washington
DC 20002.

"Lies of Our Times:  A Journal to Correct the Record" Devoted to the
analysis of misinformation, disinformation and propaganda.  Institute
for Media Analysis, Inc., Sheriden Square Press, Inc., 145 West 4th
Street, New York, N.Y. 10012.

"The Right to Know & the Freedom to Act" Newsletter of the National
Committee Against Repressive Legislation.  A First Amendment monitoring
service.  $15 annually.  Write:  NCARL, 1313 West 8th Street, Suite 313,
Los Angeles, California 90017.

"Movement Support Network News."  This newsletter provides information
about current harassment of the sanctuary and Central American movement
supporters in the U.S.  A recent chronology shows extensive harassment
including:  visits to activists, IRS audits, and activities at the U.S.
border.  $7.50 per year ($6.00 limited income).  Write:  Center for
Constitutional Rights, 666 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.

"Public Eye" Another spawn of the first "Counterspy."  Not currently
publishing.  Last issue Spring 1989.

"Our Right to Know" Defunct.  Last issue Spring 1989.

"Guild Notes".  Newspaper that covers current surveillance and
harassment litigation.  Write:  National Lawyers Guild, 55 Avenue of the
Americas, New York, NY 10013.

WHAT TO DO

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

"Are You Now or Have You Ever Been in the FBI Files?"  Ann Mari Buitrago
and Leon Andrew Immerman, 1981, Grove Press.  Overview of the FOIA--how
to use it, how the FBI will respond, and glossary of terms to help read
documents when they arrive.

"Using the FOIA--A Step by Step Guide."  Center for National Security
Studies.  Detailed instructions, sample letters, and what to expect from
a range of agencies.  $2.00 from CNSS, 122 Maryland Ave.  N.E.,
Washington DC 20002.

"FOIA-Kit" Available from CCR (see above).

WHAT TO DO

EDUCATION & ORGANIZING GUIDES

"If An Agent Knocks:  Federal Investigators and Your Rights."  Center
for Constitutional Rights.  Explains why it is important to have an
attorney with you when you talk to the FBI, regardless of how innocuous
the agents' questions may be.  English and Spanish editions available.
$1 plus postage.  Write:  CCR, 666 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.

"Radical Re-entry (And Departure):  Coming through Customs."  Center for
Constitutional Rights.  Because Customs agents are stopping political
activists at the borders in search of information such as contacts in
Nicaragua, this booklet is helpful for the political traveler.  $1 plus
postage.  Write:  CCR (see above).

"Political Rights Information Series."
#1 Common Sense Security
by Sheila O'Donnell. Simple list of
safe practices.
#2 Bugs, Taps & Infiltrators: What to do about
political spying.
by Linda Lotz. How to face these problems
seriously but without paranoia.
#3 Redbaiting & Political Smears
by Chip Berlet & Rachel Rosen DeGolia. How
smears are used to derail dissident
movements, and some suggestions for
countering them.
#4 Reading List on Intelligence Agencies
and Political Repression
by Linda Lotz & Chip Berlet. A lengthy
annotated bibliography which Phil Agee
distributes at his speaking engagements.
#5 The Hunt for Red Menace: The FBI and Right-Wing
Spy Networks.
by Chip Berlet. Ideological justifications
used by government agencies for
infiltrating and disrupting activist
groups.

Produced by the National Lawyers Guild Civil
Liberties Committee. Write: CCR (see above).

"Red-Baiting Packet" Bill of Rights Foundation.  A collection of
material concerning McCarthy-style smear attacks, both old and new.
Includes essays by long-time activists Anne Braden and Frank Wilkinson.
$2 from BORF, Suite 1400, 220 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605.

"Reports on The Secret Team" Publications and organizing guides on
Iran-Contragate and intelligence abuse are available from the Christic
Institute.  The Christic Institute stresses the role of individual bad
actors rather than systemic or institutional problems, and sometimes
their allegations stretch beyond their ability to provide documentation,
still they have been in the forefront of organizing grassroots
opposition to U.S. covert action.  Christic Institute, 1324 North
Capitol Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20002-3337.

"NameBASE (formerly SPYBASE)."  A computerized database with search
features comprising an index of date and page citations to appearances
of the names of more than 20,000 individuals and organizations in
hundreds of books and thousands of newspaper and magazine clippings, all
dealing with the CIA, FBI and U.S. government repression in general.
Available for MS-DOS and CP/M machines.  Write for pricing for your
computer.  Available from Public Information Research, P.O.  Box 5199,
Arlington, VA 22205. 703-241-5437.

"Computer Accessed Information Systems (BBS's)."  Persons with a
computer and modem can read and download information on covert action
and repression from the following local computer Bulletin Board Systems:
AMNET (617) 221-5815, (3,12,24bps-24hr-8N1); NYONLINE (718) 852-2662,
(3,12,24bps-24hr-8N1); Beyond War, (718) 442-1056; NOWAR, (312) 939-4411
(3,12,24bps-24hr-8N1).  For information on the international PEACENET,
call (415) 923-0900 [voice], or write PEACENET, 3228 Sacramento St., San
Francisco, CA 94115.

WHAT TO DO

LITIGATION

"Litigation Under the Federal Freedom of Information Act and Privacy
Act."  Editions updated regularly.  Allan Adler, Ed.  Important
reference book for attorneys using the FOIA; covers many federal
agencies.  Write:  Center for National Security Studies, 122 Maryland
Ave.  N.E., Washington DC 20002.

"The Law of Electronic Surveillance."  Major update 1984, supplemented
annually.  James C. Carr.  Write:  Clark Boardman, 435 Hudson Street,
New York, NY 10014.

"Representation of Witnesses Before Federal Grand Juries."  The Grand
Jury Project.  Major update 1984, supplemented annually.  Write:  Clark
Boardman (see above).

"Police Misconduct Law and Litigation Manual."  Michael Avery and David
Rudovsky, National Lawyers Guild Civil Liberties Committee, Updated
annually.  Also available is the bi-monthly litigation newsletter:
Police Misconduct and Civil Rights Law Report.  Write:  Clark Boardman
(see above).

"Police Misconduct and Civil Rights Law Report."  National Lawyers Guild
Civil Liberties Committee, Bi-monthly litigation newsletter and
companion to above manual.  Write:  Clark Boardman (see above).

"Civil Rights Litigation and Attorneys Fees Annual Handbook."  National
Lawyers Guild Civil Liberties Committee.  A more issue-oriented and
broadly-targeted collection of essays.  Issued annually.  Write:  Clark
Boardman (see above).

ODDS & ENDS

Report All Incidents to the
Movement Support Network!

The Movement Support Network (MSN) is a project of the Center for
Constitutional Rights with cooperation from the National Lawyers Guild.
MSN was founded in 1984 to respond to increasing government surveillance
and harassment of people involved in Central America solidarity work and
people active in the sanctuary movement.  Since then the network has
expanded to serve as a monitoring mechanism to collect information about
surveillance and harassment of persons involved in peace and social
justice issues.

By collecting and disseminating information on specific incidents, MSN
not only organizes opposition to such abuses, but also raises public
awareness of important civil liberties issues, and helps activists place
isolated incidents in a national context.  For more information or to
report an incident, contact MSN, 666 Broadway, New York, N.Y., 10012.

The MSN HOTLINE # is (212) 614-6422.

Movement Support Network
Center for Constitutional Rights
666 Broadway, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10012

Reading list distribution
Supported by:
Center for Constitutional Rights
National Lawyers Guild Foundation
Speakout - Agee Tour

This list was originally compiled by Linda Lotz with the assistance of
the Midnight Special Bookstore, Santa Monica, CA, and Political Research
Associates, Cambridge, MA. Chip Berlet continues to update and revise
the listing.  Some of these books are no longer in print, but were
included because of their historical and reference value.  They may be
available at your local library or through an inter-library loan
program.

Linda Lotz is the field secretary of the American Friends Service
Committee's Pacific Southwest Regional Office.  Ms. Lotz was formerly a
staff organizer for the now-defunct Campaign for Political Rights, a
Washington, D.C.-based coalition which organized against covert action
abroad and political surveillance and repression at home.  She continues
to monitor political repression of dissidents and activists.

Chip Berlet is a paralegal investigator and journalist who has written
extensively about government intelligence abuse for publications ranging
from the "Chicago Sun-Times" to "Covert Action Information Bulletin".
He is secretary of the National Lawyers Guild Civil Liberties Committee,
and works on the staff of the Cambridge-based Political Research
Associates where he monitors authoritarianism.  He is currently
co-writing a book, with PRA director Dr.  Jean Hardisty, about the
growing strength of the political right wing in the United States.