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Ex FBI informant claims bureau stood by during KKK violence
Former FBI informant Gary Rowe Jr testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee that the FBI repeatedly warned of Klan violence but often did not act, citing a 1961 Birmingham attack on freedom riders where agents reportedly stood by and photographed. He recalled only one case where warnings prompted action.
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FBI
Washington
Gary Thomas Rowe Jr
California
Senate Intelligence Committee
Rowe
Birmingham
Ala
Viola Liuzzo
Selma
Justice Department
John N. Erlichman
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
White House
Erlichman
Robert C Mardian
Mardian
Richard G. Kleindienst
Hoover
Kleindienst
L. Patrick Gray
Miss Gandy
Clyde Tolson
Bureau
Gray
Committee
Aoe
William C. Sullivan
Sullivan
Bolton
Mass
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey