Read This: All the Shah's Men

All the Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer tells the true story of Operation Ajax, the CIA lead coup of democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh.  Democratically elected, secular, and moderate Mossadegh was a highly popular figure in Iranian politics.  In addition to the above qualities, Mossadegh was nationalistic and despised foreign influence which led to a feud with the exploitative Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (later British Petroleum) and the British Empire.

Why You Should Be Skeptical of the Surveillance State

This is a letter sent by the FBI to Martin Luther King Jr. urging him to commit suicide.

 It's been said that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior; if this is true, then we should be very concerned about our government's surveillance programs.  In nearly every case when intelligence agencies are given the tools and very limited oversight these programs are abused.