<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Richard Stallman wrote</title><author_name>Richard Stallman (npub1tp…ze8qg)</author_name><author_url>https://njump.me/npub1tp3f6k0p9534lt37pv6yyr2ygyt30d2smcgmyhfnzsj09ahsvnysyze8qg</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://njump.me</provider_url><html>[1/2] https://reason.com/2024/05/10/an-american-gangster-at-100-j-edgar-hoovers-authoritarian-legacy&#xA;&#xA;J Edgar Hoover spent his career building and running America&#39;s repressive secret police. I love this quote from Justice Brandeis: &#34;The greatest dangers to liberty lie in insidious encroachments by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.&#34; But they are generally aided by people motivated simply by unscrupulous ambition - people eager to create and use terrorism scares,  …</html></oembed>