"You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to
be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to
associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin. And then
criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities,"
Ehrlichman said. "We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break
up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening
news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did." John Erlichman, former aide to Richard Nixon
One has to wonder if the same tactics can work on government agencies.......
One has to wonder if the same tactics can work on government agencies.......
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