NSA documents that were declassified this week show that the agency—which has come under increased scrutiny for its dragnet surveillance practices—heavily surveilled and tapped the phones of high-profile critics of the Vietnam War, including Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, and two U.S. senators including Idaho Democrat Frank Church. These
NSA Spied On MLK, US Senators And Other Vietnam War Critics, Documents Show
Agency’s self-proclaimed ‘disreputable if not outright illegal’ practices threaten civil liberties then and now, critics warn.