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Ah, 1971. It was a simpler time, a groovy time. Soul Train had just started chugging along. Everyone had a lava lamp for some reason. Weebles started to wobble, but as we all know, they don't fall down. It's really something. But it wasn't all weebles and bell bottoms. There was also the Vietnam War and a growing nationwide movement protesting it. Look behind you. It is a march.
Across the country, people were speaking up. And the more they did... We know they have our pictures. We know they're looking for us. We know they want us. The more they learned about the hidden underbelly of the most powerful law enforcement agency in the land. This can't be true. This is America. One group set out to find the truth, even if it meant doing the unthinkable. Would you dare break into an FBI office?
I'm Ed Helms, host of Snafu, season two, Medburg, the story of a daring heist that exposed J. Edgar Hoover's epic FBI snafu.
The burglars were amateurs. I remember thinking, I'm not breathing. But the break-in was flawless. It's always puzzled me why criminals don't learn lockpicking, because it's really not hard. And what they uncovered... Oh, it was all horrifying. It was horrifying. ...was never meant to see the light of day.
Every document was telling a story about FBI power that was unknown to anyone outside the FBI. Hear the incredible true story that almost got buried. I was told that it might not be published the next day or might not be published ever. As told by the ordinary citizens who took extraordinary measures.
Getting caught was virtually inevitable. To expose J. Edgar Hoover's secret FBI. Many of the techniques were clearly illegal, but justified in the interest of national security. If it meant some risks that were involved, well, that's what citizens sometimes have to do. Follow Snafu and listen to season two starting July 10th. Available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Yahoo!