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Your breakdown is not what the article says.

They didn't find some random memo that merely mentioned Chomsky.

They found a memo from CIA to the FBI, requesting to provide more information on people and actions related to an event, with the justification that the event was "endorsed by Chomsky" (as if he was someone dangerous whom you should watch carefully the groups and events he endorses).

I'd rather trust the "expert on CIA/FBI" that a random comment that mis-represents the article so badly.

(Well, beside the obvious that of course they had a file on Chomsky, that's what they do, and people like Chomsky is who they target. If not the CIA, the FBI sure did, and CIA had them do work for them and took peeks. Heck, they had huge files on people like John Lennon and MLK).





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