Tag: The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret FBI

Journalist Betty Medsger wrote about the FBI's surveillance of U.S. citizens and abuses of power based in information contained in files stolen from the Media FBI office in 1971. The story is being revisited in Season 2 of the podcast 'Snafu,'

The theft of files from an FBI office in Media Borough on March 8, 1971 that revealed FBI surveillance of U.S. citizens is being…

Government & Politics

New Podcast Revisits 1971 History-Changing Heist of Media FBI Office

August 19, 2024

In the second season of his podcast Snafu, Ed Helms revisits the news Betty Medsger broke more than half a century ago at the Washington…

Government & Politics

Investigative Reporter Donates Research on Burglary of FBI Office in Media to Swarthmore College

April 19, 2019

Investigative reporter Betty Medsger, the first journalist to report on files stolen from an FBI office in Media nearly a half-century ago, has donated…

Tag: The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret FBI

Media FBI Office Break-in From 1971 Topic of 'Snafu' Podcast

New Podcast Revisits 1971 History-Changing Heist of Media FBI Office

Investigative Reporter Donates Research on Burglary of FBI Office in Media to Swarthmore College