FDR authorized a congressional commission by “executive subpoena” to secretly obtain telegraph communications of the opponents of the New Deal. Western Union saved all copies of sent messages and complied with these order, not willfully. Eventually they began notifying the senders and receivers if their personal messages were requested. They were searching for dirt to discredit their opponents. We are not first. This is not new. The first amendment is under attack. Freedom of Speech and Private Property.