Significant barriers to unity remain, including linguistic divisions and the presence of at least two strong states, Iran and Turkey, with an overriding interest in thwarting any form of pan-Kurdism. ... This agitation has meant that for each of the four states with a large Kurdish minority,..…

Brownell then secretly authorized the FBI to resume bugging spies, saboteurs, and other “subversive persons,” even if that meant physical invasion of homes and offices, because “considerations of internal security and the national safety are paramount.” . ..…

Its overseers insisted, however, on the state's overriding role, without which, they believed, economic life would collapse into anarchy. ..…