Former FBI agent Ted Gunderson, who believed in a wide range of conspiracy theories, submitted an affidavit supporting the theory two months before his death at age 82. In popular culture The TV series Aquarius fictionalizes activities of the Los Angeles Red Squad concerning the Black Panthers and the Manson Family in the late 1960s. On the NBC drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, during the fourteenth episode of season two, titled “Paranoia,” Det. John Munch (Richard Belzer) mentions the NYPD Red Squad during one of his conspiracy theory rants. In Martin Cruz Smith's novel Gorky Park, NYPD Detective William Kirwell is a member of the Red Squad. See also References Includes bibliographical references. Encyclopedia of Chicago: Red Squad Red Squad. Directed by Steven Fischler, Joel Sucher, Howard Blatt and Francis Freedland. USA, 1972, b/w, 45 min. External links "Police Surveillance of Political Activity -- The History and Current State of the Handschu Decree, Testimony Presented To The New York Advisory Committee To The U.S. Commission On Civil Rights", Arthur N. Eisenberg, New York Civil Liberties Union (May 21, 2003) Fighting Terror With Databases; Domestic Intelligence Plans Stir Concern, Jim McGee, The Washington Post (February 16, 2002) "Hate Squad", Reason Magazine, Charles Paul Freund (2001) "NYPD fights ban against spying on activists", Oliver Burkeman, The Guardian (November 30, 2002) "Return of the Red Squad", Socialist Worker, Nicole Colson, (February 27, 2004) "Rules Eased for Surveillance of New York Groups", Benjamim Weiser, The New York Times (February 12, 2003) "The NYPD Wants to Watch You" , Nation's Largest Law Enforcement Agency Vies for Total Spying Power'', Chisun Lee, Village Voice, December 18–24, 2002. "Red Squad Returns", The Indypendent, July 4, 2003 Law enforcement in the United States Anti-communist organizations in the United States