Reminiscences of George Harder : oral history, 1983.

Biographical Note

Lawyer, former FBI agent.

Scope and Contents

Education; discussion of Federal Bureau of Investigation: organization, treatment of agents, composition, attitudes of agents, difficulties incollecting information and determining seriousness of possibly illegal activity, types of assignments; personal experiences including attitudes toward J. Edgar Hoover; reflections on the conflict between civil liberties and the need for national security.

Subjects

• Civil rights--United States.
• Criminal investigation.
• Governmental investigations.
• Gurnett, Katie, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Harder, George, 1925-
• Interviews.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• Oral history.
• United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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