It looks like they didn’t learn anything from their mistakes in the 60s.  The FBI, CIA, and Army Intelligence would each infiltrate a group unbeknownst to each other, and each group’s agent would suggest violent action.  They would all report back to their supervisors that the group contained dangerous radicals and request backup.  The backups would suggest violent actions in order to establish radical cred, and everybody would report back the group was becoming more dangerous and request more backup agents, who in turn suggested violent actions.  This would lead to an assessment the group was an imminent threat to public safety and national security.  When the agencies finally talked to each other and pulled their agents, the groups collapsed completely or were reduced to a few potheads exchanging fantasies about how things would be different if they were in charge of the government.

Right arm, George. Here's George Carlin offering the same, 'I'm here for the entertainment' advice 13 years ago.

Carlin interviewed by Dennis Miller (1997)

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