ANTI-SURVEILLANCE PERIODICALS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000300010048-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2006
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: December 1, 1979
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2006/12/19: CIASIT&F88-0131 4 R00020004 004 2-0
LIBRARY JOURNAL
1 December 1979
Bill Katz, PROFESSOR, SCHOOL. OF LIBRARY SCIENCE, STATE
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1NF?nU1 -,1o BULLETIN
Anti-surveillance periodicals
By Daniel.Tsany, Research Librarian on the Alternative Acquisitions P
Contemporary Culture Collection, Temple University Libraries, Philatle
Recent revelations of FBI and CIA
covert actions and intelligence gather-
ing abuses have spurred many people
to organize against government-and
corporate-spying. The growth of this
emerging movement is indicated by
two developments: a national organiz-
ing conference against spying held in
Ann Arbor last September attended by
several hundred people and the prolif-
eration of periodicals on the topic. Li-
braries and librarians can ill-afford to
? ignore this phenomenon; our commit-
ment to an aware public and to re-
search means that libraries should sub-
scribe to at least one of the ten titles
reviewed here. For current research I
would recommend Covert Action Infor-
mation Bulletin. The best bibliographic
source is First Principles. And research
-libraries may want to consider Public
-Eye for background information on in=
telligence activities.
Covert Action Information Bulletin
1978. bi-m. $15. Covert Action Publications,
Inc., P.O. Box 50272, Washington, D.C. 20004.
Aud: Ac. Ga. (issues examined: Nos. 1.3. 1978-
1979)
Edited by Philip Agee in exile and oth-
ers from the original CruinterSpy edi-
torial staff, this offset, saddle-stitched
journal was inaugurated at the World
Youth Festival in Havana last sum-
mer. Its premier issue contained
Agee's introduction to his book Dirty
Work: the CIA in Western Europe and
an explanation that the journal would
continue the, exposes for which Coun-
terSpy had become famous: "As a
service to our readers, and to progres-
sive people around the world, we will
continue to expose high-ranking CIA
`flicials wherever we find them." Its
impact is seen in its third issue. the
cover of whir,ApgDr0 6l iFC6rR(dP9&e
subscription. A recommended ad,
for those public and research lib
already getting CounterSpy. 0
quire this one instead, because
greater regularity.
CounterSpy
1973. irreg. $20. Counter-Spy, P.0 Box 647,
Ben Franklin Sta., Washington, D.C. 20044.
Aud: Ga. Ac. (Issues examined: Vol. r-Vol. 3,
1973-1978)
The original anti-spying journal has re-
emerged after a hiatus of 18 months,
with part of its staff having left to put
out Covert Action. Under attack by the
CIA, conservative Congressmen, and
the established media as a consequence
of the death of CIA station chief Rich-
ard Welch. CounterSpy has resurfaced
in a less glamorous format (newsprint
cover) and with publication frequency
unknown, but vowing to continue its
previous exposes of the CIA. Its De-
cember 1978 issue proclaims. that it is
"taking the struggle against the CIA
and their ilk a step forward in the inter-
est-of potential victims of the CIA" by
publishing the names of foreign nation
als who-,underwent training programs
linked to the CIA. Recommended.
Organizing Notes '
J977. m. Free. Ed: Linda Lotz. Campaign To
Stop GoIer'nmeni Spying. 201 Massachusetts
Ave. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002. Aud: Ac,
Ga. (Issues examined: Various. 1977-1978) .
This offset, saddle-stitched newsletter
of a broad-based national coalition or-
ganized against government, and cor-
porate, spying, is an excellent resource
for local organizers and researchers.
Regular columns include a bibliography
of articles. books or pamphlets, a news
chronology, and an upcoming events
calendar.
Best
source for the latest re-
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largest statewide coalition against spy-
ing. and recently it hosted a national
conference on government spying. The
coalition's newsletter, originally mime-
ographed, now is offset with attractive
graphics. Focusing on, but not limited
to, Michigan police and corporate
spying, recent articles have presented
original investigative research into the
activities of the CIA, FBI, Michigan's
state police and local Red Squads, and .
the Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit
(LEMU). Recommended for Michigan
libraries and research collections elsL-
Quit Snoopin'
1978. irreg. Free. Ed: Ken Lawrence, hiississip
pi Surveillance Project, American Friends Serv-
ice Committee, 513 N. State St., Jackson Miss.
39201. Aud: Ac, Ga. (issue examined: No. 1.
May 1978)
This mimeographed newsletter of the
Mississippi Surveillance Project con
tains hard-to-find material on the Ku .
Klux Klan as well as news items and a
resource list. Recommended only for
research collections or area libraries.
The Public Eye
1977. irreg. S8. Ed: Harvey Kahn, Repression
Information Project. P.O. Box 3278, Washing-
ton. D.C. 2(010. Aud: Ac. Ga. tissues exam-
ined: Vol. 1, Nos, 1-2. Fall 1977 and April 197%)
Only-;t few issues of this journal. have
appeared, but the footnoted articles
present background information on is-
sues of concern to people organizing
'against political repression. This occa-
sional output from the Repression In-