Myra MacPherson's Criticism of Belief That BLIN Was IF Stone
Stone biographer Myra MacPherson has contended that the FBI was uncertain about whether BLIN was, in fact, Stone, noting that, unlike Stone, BLIN was identified as someone “whose true pro-Soviet sympathies were not known to the public...”. The FBI also considered the possibility of Ernest K. Lindley, who better fit the profile of a “very prominent journalist” and who, like Stone (and BLIN), had three children. Another cable indicated that BLIN was afraid of contact with Pravdin lest he draw the attention of J. Edgar Hoover. I.F. Stone was already attacking J. Edgar Hoover frequently in 1943 and the FBI was of the view that “Stone is known to the bureau because of his hostile editorial comments made against the FBI as early as 1936."
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