The FBI, UC Berkeley and the Freedom of Information Act [sound recording] / Seth Rosenfeld, 2002 September 19.

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The FBI, UC Berkeley and the Freedom of Information Act [sound recording] / Seth Rosenfeld, 2002 September 19.

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Recording of a talk given September 19, 2002 at the Faculty Club of UC Berkeley as part of the Bancroft Library Round Table series. Rosenfeld discusses his efforts to uncover the history of the FBI's surveillance activities at the University of California during the 1960s Free Speech Movement era, including three Federal court cases championing the Freedom of Information Act to force the FBI to release documentation about their activities.

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