{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Richard Stallman wrote","author_name":"Richard Stallman (npub1tp…ze8qg)","author_url":"https://njump.me/npub1tp3f6k0p9534lt37pv6yyr2ygyt30d2smcgmyhfnzsj09ahsvnysyze8qg","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://njump.me","html":"[1/2] https://reason.com/2024/05/10/an-american-gangster-at-100-j-edgar-hoovers-authoritarian-legacy\n\nJ Edgar Hoover spent his career building and running America's repressive secret police. I love this quote from Justice Brandeis: \"The greatest dangers to liberty lie in insidious encroachments by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.\" But they are generally aided by people motivated simply by unscrupulous ambition - people eager to create and use terrorism scares,  …"}