FBI Foiled and Followed Author
The feds tried to prevent visits by Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes in the 1960s – and recruited sources at NYU and Columbia to keep tabs on him, documents reveal.
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New Light on Watergate Figure
Charles "Chuck" Colson's FBI offers details of the Watergate figure's path to the Nixon White House.
Linkletter Faced Darndest Threats
The FBI investigated two extortion attempts against TV and radio personality Art Linkletter in the 1950s, according to recently revealed documents.
FBI Files: Helms Faced Threats
The late Jesse Helms' FBI file chronicles a broad range of threats against the longtime U.S. senator.
FBI Tracked "Working" Man Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel, the renowned historian and broadcaster, once sought a job at the FBI – the agency that would go on to spend 45 years tracking him as a suspected Communist, documents reveal.
Buckley Got FBI's Kudos – and Wrath
Conservative standard-bearer William F. Buckley maintained ties with longti…
FBI Kept Tabs on NY Reporter Halberstam
The FBI amassed a dossier on the late journalist David Halberstam for more than two decades – keeping tabs on his reporting, tracking his marriage to a Polish actress and preparing background reports on the Pulitzer Prize winner for other federal agencies, documents show.