Good news, bad news
Via the New York Times, a newly declassified 1950 proposal — 12 days after the start of the Korean War — from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to Sidney Souers, then special national security assistant to President Truman:
For some months representatives of the FBI and of the Department of Justice have been formulating a plan of action for an emergency situation wherein it would be necessary to apprehend and detain persons who are potentially dangerous to the internal security of the…
