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Extraction Summary
5
People
7
Organizations
0
Locations
3
Events
3
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Narrative / memoir excerpt / congressional document
File Size:
1.24 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page from a memoir or testimony by Paul Krassner, detailing his harassment by the FBI during the late 1960s. It describes his placement on the FBI's Round-up Index, a poison-pen letter sent to Life magazine by an agent in 1968, and the creation of a fake WANTED poster featuring Krassner and Yippie founders Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin inside a swastika to cause community rifts. The document bears a House Oversight stamp.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Krassner | Narrator / Subject |
Author of the text (inferred from 'me' and 'classify Krassner'), subject of FBI surveillance.
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| Unnamed Boss | Supervisor |
Narrator's boss at the Signal Corps.
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| Unnamed FBI Agent | Government Agent |
Sent a 'poison-pen' letter to Life magazine editor disparaging Krassner.
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| Abbie Hoffman | Activist / Yippie Founder |
Featured on an FBI-produced WANTED poster with a swastika.
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| Jerry Rubin | Activist / Yippie Founder |
Featured on an FBI-produced WANTED poster with a swastika.
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Organizations (7)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Signal Corps |
Military branch where the narrator worked and held security clearance.
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| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation; placed narrator on Round-up Index and conducted COINTELPRO operations.
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| Life magazine |
Published a favorable profile of the narrator in 1968.
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| Co-Intel-Pro |
Counter-Intelligence Program; FBI program mentioned in relation to files.
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| Yippie |
Youth International Party; founders mentioned.
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| SDS |
Students for a Democratic Society; mentioned in relation to the WANTED poster.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the footer stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (3 events)
Unknown
Relationships (3)
Both featured on Yippie WANTED poster.
Both featured on Yippie WANTED poster.
Subject of Round-up Index, poison-pen letters, and COINTELPRO operations.
Key Quotes (3)
"I'm very sorry, but we of the FBI are powerless to act in a case of oral-genital intimacy unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce."Source
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Quote #1
"To classify Krassner as some sort of 'social rebel' is far too cute. He's a nut, a raving, unconfined nut."Source
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Quote #2
"This was not included in my own Co-Intel-Pro (Counter-Intelligence Program) files but, rather, a separate FBI project calculated to cause rifts between the black and Jewish communities."Source
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Quote #3
Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (1,271 characters)
from my boss at the Signal Corps that my top-secret clearance was in
jeopardy. Granting my clearance took about a month longer than normal,
but eventually it was granted.”
jeopardy. Granting my clearance took about a month longer than normal,
but eventually it was granted.”
Meanwhile, I was placed on the FBI’ s RI (Round-up Index), though I
had broken no law. Who knows, maybe it was because I published a
cartoon depicting a man sitting at a desk, speaking on the phone: “I'm
very sorry, but we of the FBI are powerless to act in a case of oral-genital
intimacy unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.”
had broken no law. Who knows, maybe it was because I published a
cartoon depicting a man sitting at a desk, speaking on the phone: “I'm
very sorry, but we of the FBI are powerless to act in a case of oral-genital
intimacy unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.”
When Life magazine ran a favorable profile of me in 1968, an FBI
agent sent a poison-pen letter to the editor: “To classify Krassner as some
sort of ‘social rebel’ is far too cute. He's a nut, a raving, unconfined
nut.” But in 1969, the FBI's previous attempt at mere character
assassination escalated to a more literal approach. This was not included in
my own Co-Intel-Pro (Counter-Intelligence Program) files but, rather, a
separate FBI project calculated to cause rifts between the black and Jewish
communities.
agent sent a poison-pen letter to the editor: “To classify Krassner as some
sort of ‘social rebel’ is far too cute. He's a nut, a raving, unconfined
nut.” But in 1969, the FBI's previous attempt at mere character
assassination escalated to a more literal approach. This was not included in
my own Co-Intel-Pro (Counter-Intelligence Program) files but, rather, a
separate FBI project calculated to cause rifts between the black and Jewish
communities.
The FBI had produced a WANTED poster featuring a large swastika.
In the four square spaces of the swastika were photos of Yippie founders
Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin and me, and SDS (Students for a Democratic
In the four square spaces of the swastika were photos of Yippie founders
Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin and me, and SDS (Students for a Democratic
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