Betty Medsger

Betty Medsger is the author of "The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret FBI." She first wrote about Daniel Berrigan when, as a Washington Post reporter, she met him while he was in the underground in 1970.

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Articles by Betty Medsger on theintercept.com

In 1971, Muhammad Ali Helped Undermine the FBI’s Illegal Spying on Americans

Betty Medsger — June 6 2016

A famous boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier provided a distraction that helped a group of antiwar activists break into an FBI office in Pennsylvania and steal files about domestic spying.

Daniel Berrigan, a Leader of Peaceful Opposition to Vietnam War, Inspired a Generation of Activists

Betty Medsger — May 6 2016

At a funeral mass in New York City, Berrigan, who was jailed for destroying draft office files, was hailed as an enemy to both church and state during the Vietnam War era.

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