MuckRock Podcast: A Cold War case of mistaken identity

MuckRock Podcast: A Cold War case of mistaken identity

A tale of two Irving Adlers

What’s in a name? Potentially, quite a lot of trouble, particularly in the 1940s when the Red Scare was at its height. This is the story of two men, both named Irving Adler, which were investigated by the FBI, and how MuckRock accidentally got its hands on their files.