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CLASSIC: Ernest Withers: Civil Rights Hero, FBI Spy

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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The Rise of Communism

Withers was a World War II veteran and had three kids in the military. His primary concern is ultimately the rise of communism, he says. "He could never really make it out of the kind of the middle, lower middle class life that he had" Withers' motivation for working as an informant came from his need for money to support his family.

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