RT Article
T1 “Reading Between the Lines”: The Bureau of Investigation, the United States Post Office, and Domestic Surveillance During World War I
JF Social justice
VO 36
IS 1
SP 7
OP 24
A1 Conolly-Smith, Peter
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747156590
AB During World War I, the FBI (or the Bureau of Investigation, as it was then called) orchestrated the first domestic surveillance program in collaboration with the U.S. Post Office Department. Methods included wire-tapping, the use of informants, and the monitoring of mail, with the cooperation of Postmaster General Albert S. Burleson and the Post Office Department's Solicitor General, Judge William H. Lamar. Confidential memos and Post Office reports of the period show that surveillance tactics inherited, perfected, and bequeathed by J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the Bureau of Investigation, are still used in domestic spying today.
K1 United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
K1 Burleson, Albert S
K1 Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
K1 Bielaski, A. Bruce
K1 Wiretapping
K1 Criminal Procedure
K1 Police surveillance
K1 Criminal Justice System
K1 History
K1 Intelligence service -- United States
K1 United States history -- World War, 1914-1918
K1 Postal service -- United States -- History
K1 Electronic surveillance laws