MB Civic

Jane-zilla ..

Few remember that [Seberg] was hounded by the FBI for supporting liberal causes, and committed suicide in 1979 at the age of 40. J. Edgar Hoover personally tried to destroy her career by planting the story that the married Seberg was pregnant by a member of the Black Panthers .. The psychological toll of being targeted by the government for political beliefs is massive, the stuff that filled Soviet-era gulags. People like John Kiriakou and Thomas Drake have had their careers destroyed and their lives torn apart simply for telling uncomfortable truths that expose corruption and lawlessness at the highest levels. The only surprise is that there aren’t more people who simply can’t handle the intense pressure. Seberg’s family blamed the FBI for her death, just as [Internet freedom] activist Aaron Schwartz’s family rightly blames his overly zealous prosecutors

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