Still Spying on Dissent

Throughout its history, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has used its expansive powers to investigate, monitor, and surveil First Amendment-protected activity. As early as 1924, public concern about the FBI’s violation of First Amendment rights and other civil liberties spurred official attempts to check the FBI’s power. The most recent official review of the FBI and the First Amendment was a 2010 Department of Justice Office of Inspector General (OIG) review of the Bureau’s counterterrorism investigations into six domestic advocacy groups. This report covers FBI surveillance of political activity since the OIG’s review was published in 2010.

 

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