Taped

Long before the Watergate scandals, Herb Block was pointing out excessive use of government power to wiretap or otherwise investigate the activities of citizens an administration felt were at odds with its policies. In 1970, the Civil Service Commission admitted to having a Security Investigations Index with over 10 million entries, and the armed forces revealed surveillance of Americans involved in anti-Vietnam war activities.

Taped, January 18, 1970
Ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing on layered paper
Published in the Washington Post (69)
LC-USZ62-126927

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