https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2010/08/05/howard-zinns-fbi-files-what-it-reveals/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 09:17:17 -0400<![CDATA[The announcement last week by the FBI that it was releasing the FBI files of the late radical historian, Howard Zinn, was not met with universal acclaim.  In fact, many leftists were enraged.  Typical was the reaction of Noam Chomsky, who was quoted by writer Clark Merrefield. Zinn’s  files, Chomsky said, were “mostly a mixture of things that they’ve picked up here and there which is mostly false, things they’ve gotten from informants that are mostly false. We took for granted that obviously we were being monitored by the FBI.” For Chomsky, anything coming from the FBI obviously has to, by definition, be lies.]]>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:17:31 -0400<![CDATA[Ron Radosh]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-radosh/2010/08/05/howard-zinns-fbi-files-what-it-reveals-n183356