Note to Self

What We Learned from Grandpa’s FBI File

<p>Our producer discovered an FBI file on her grandfather. Back then, the big threat was communists. Today, it's terrorists, Occupy and BLM. Maybe even you. And the surveillance methods are a lot less analog. </p>
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