How an unlikely group changed the face of the FBI

Name: How an unlikely group changed the face of the FBI
Uploaded: 2014-07-16T00:04:59Z
Duration: P373S
Description: In “The Burglary,” author Betty Medsger tells the story of a group of burglars in 1971 who stole files from a small FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania -- a theft that provided evidence of wide scale surveillance of U.S. citizens. Medsger sat down with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown to talk about the unlikely group and the consequences of their plot.

Clip: 07/15/2014 | 6m 13s

In “The Burglary,” author Betty Medsger tells the story of a group of burglars in 1971 who stole files from a small FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania -- a theft that provided evidence of wide scale surveillance of U.S. citizens. Medsger sat down with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown to talk about the unlikely group and the consequences of their plot.

Aired: 07/15/14

Rating: NR

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How an unlikely group changed the face of the FBI

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