For 10 points, name this group founded by Robert Welch Jr. and well-known for its ultra-conservative and anti-communist views.
This group was infiltrated and spied on by the future Kach party founder and Israeli ultra-nationalist Meir Kahane. Ron Paul called one of its presidents "The most principled man in Congress" and spoke at its 50th Anniversary celebration. Its second president, Larry McDonald, was on Korean Air Flight 007 when it was shot down over the Sea of Japan. It was distanced from mainstream politics when it circulated a paper titled 'The Politician' that defamed Eisenhower. The group opposes water (*) fluoridation as a plot to poison America, and it publishes the journal "The New American.' CBS prevented Bob Dylan from playing on the Ed Sullivan Show a song about a member of this group who searches his house for Reds. For 10 points, name this group founded by Robert Welch Jr. and well-known for its ultra-conservative and anti-communist views.
This group was infiltrated and spied on by the future Kach party founder and Israeli ultra-nationalist Meir Kahane.
John Birch Society