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Studs Terkel, the renowned historian and broadcaster, once sought a job at the FBI – the agency that would go on to spend 45 years tracking him as a suspected Communist, newly disclosed documents reveal. The 269-page paper trail spans 1945 to 1990 – covering everything from Terkel’s McCarthy-era blacklisting to his involvement with Paul Robeson and third-party presidential candidate Henry Wallace to a birthday party toast he once made.
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Studs' first encounter with the FBI was when he applied for a job there. The interviewer asked him if he was of the "Jewish persuasion." Studs answered, and his FBI career was over before it started.
The FBI is overrated they have chased daley for 20 years with no results.
Studs Terkel was in good company during the "Red Scare" era best depicted in the George Clooney movie, "Good Night & Good Luck."
The real question is which of Chicago's elected representatives associated with known members of a Communist cell?
OK, all you red baiters, have at it!
...or else Daley is underrated.
Seven degrees of separation from actor Kevin Bacon, disaffected?