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<blockquote data-quote="The Other Side" data-source="post: 422590" data-attributes="member: 17969"><p>On a side note, </p><p> </p><p>the investigators who handled the weather underground case were <strong>PROSECUTED, TRIED and CONVICTED</strong> for crimes against innocent american citizens aka BILL AYERS and associates.</p><p> </p><p>If anyone was a criminal it was the goverment who tried to circumvent the laws of the land.</p><p> </p><p>The Attorney General in the new <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_administration" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Carter administration</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin_B._Bell" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Griffin B. Bell</span></u></a>, investigated, and on April 10, 1978, a federal grand jury charged Felt, Miller and Gray with conspiracy to violate the constitutional rights of American citizens by searching their homes without warrants, though Gray's case did not go to trial and was dropped by the government for lack of evidence on December 11, 1980.</p><p>The indictment charged violations of Title 18, Section 241 of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Code" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">United States Code</span></u></a>. The indictment charged Felt and the others</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">did unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly combine, conspire, confederate, and agree together and with each other to injure and oppress citizens of the United States who were relatives and acquaintances of the Weatherman fugitives, in the free exercise and enjoyments of certain rights and privileges secured to them by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Organization#cite_note-36" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">[37]</span></u></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>Felt and Miller attempted to plea bargain with the government, willing to agree to a misdemeanor guilty plea to conducting searches without warrants—a violation of 18 U.S.C. sec. 2236—but the government rejected the offer in 1979. After eight postponements, the case against Felt and Miller went to trial in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Columbia" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">United States District Court for the District of Columbia</span></u></a> on September 18, 1980.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Organization#cite_note-37" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">[38]</span></u></a> On October 29, former President <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Nixon" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Richard M. Nixon</span></u></a> appeared as a rebuttal witness for the defense, and testified that presidents since <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Franklin D. Roosevelt</span></u></a> had authorized the bureau to engage in break-ins while conducting foreign intelligence and counterespionage investigations.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Organization#cite_note-38" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">[39]</span></u></a> It was Nixon's first courtroom appearance since his resignation in 1974. Nixon also contributed money to Felt's legal defense fund, Felt's expenses running over $600,000. Also testifying were former Attorneys General <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Brownell,_Jr." target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Herbert Brownell, Jr.</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_deB._Katzenbach" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Nicholas deB. Katzenbach</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsey_Clark" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Ramsey Clark</span></u></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_N._Mitchell" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">John N. Mitchell</span></u></a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_G._Kleindienst" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Richard G. Kleindienst</span></u></a>, all of whom said warrantless searches in national security matters were commonplace and not understood to be illegal, but Mitchell and Kleindienst denied they had authorized any of the break-ins at issue in the trial.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">The jury returned guilty verdicts on November 6, 1980.</span></strong> Although the charge carried a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, Felt was fined $5,000. (Miller was fined $3,500).<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Organization#cite_note-39" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">[40]</span></u></a> Writing in <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">The New York Times</span></u></a></em> a week after the conviction, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Roy Cohn</span></u></a> claimed that Felt and Miller were being used as scapegoats by the Carter administration and that it was an unfair prosecution. Cohn wrote it was the "final dirty trick" and that there had been no "personal motive" to their actions.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Organization#cite_note-40" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">[41]</span></u></a> <em>The Times</em> saluted the convictions, saying that it showed "the case has established that zeal is no excuse for violating the Constitution".<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Organization#cite_note-41" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">[42]</span></u></a> Felt and Miller appealed the verdict, and they were later pardoned by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">Ronald Reagan</span></u></a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Organization#cite_note-42" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #0066cc">[43]</span></u></a></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>(Just a little info to clear the record)</strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Other Side, post: 422590, member: 17969"] On a side note, the investigators who handled the weather underground case were [B]PROSECUTED, TRIED and CONVICTED[/B] for crimes against innocent american citizens aka BILL AYERS and associates. If anyone was a criminal it was the goverment who tried to circumvent the laws of the land. The Attorney General in the new [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_administration"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Carter administration[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin_B._Bell"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Griffin B. Bell[/COLOR][/U][/URL], investigated, and on April 10, 1978, a federal grand jury charged Felt, Miller and Gray with conspiracy to violate the constitutional rights of American citizens by searching their homes without warrants, though Gray's case did not go to trial and was dropped by the government for lack of evidence on December 11, 1980. The indictment charged violations of Title 18, Section 241 of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Code"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]United States Code[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. The indictment charged Felt and the others [INDENT]did unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly combine, conspire, confederate, and agree together and with each other to injure and oppress citizens of the United States who were relatives and acquaintances of the Weatherman fugitives, in the free exercise and enjoyments of certain rights and privileges secured to them by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Organization#cite_note-36"][U][COLOR=#0066cc][37][/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/INDENT]Felt and Miller attempted to plea bargain with the government, willing to agree to a misdemeanor guilty plea to conducting searches without warrants—a violation of 18 U.S.C. sec. 2236—but the government rejected the offer in 1979. After eight postponements, the case against Felt and Miller went to trial in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Columbia"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]United States District Court for the District of Columbia[/COLOR][/U][/URL] on September 18, 1980.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Organization#cite_note-37"][U][COLOR=#0066cc][38][/COLOR][/U][/URL] On October 29, former President [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Nixon"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Richard M. Nixon[/COLOR][/U][/URL] appeared as a rebuttal witness for the defense, and testified that presidents since [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Franklin D. Roosevelt[/COLOR][/U][/URL] had authorized the bureau to engage in break-ins while conducting foreign intelligence and counterespionage investigations.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Organization#cite_note-38"][U][COLOR=#0066cc][39][/COLOR][/U][/URL] It was Nixon's first courtroom appearance since his resignation in 1974. Nixon also contributed money to Felt's legal defense fund, Felt's expenses running over $600,000. Also testifying were former Attorneys General [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Brownell,_Jr."][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Herbert Brownell, Jr.[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_deB._Katzenbach"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Nicholas deB. Katzenbach[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsey_Clark"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Ramsey Clark[/COLOR][/U][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_N._Mitchell"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]John N. Mitchell[/COLOR][/U][/URL], and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_G._Kleindienst"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Richard G. Kleindienst[/COLOR][/U][/URL], all of whom said warrantless searches in national security matters were commonplace and not understood to be illegal, but Mitchell and Kleindienst denied they had authorized any of the break-ins at issue in the trial. [B][SIZE=4]The jury returned guilty verdicts on November 6, 1980.[/SIZE][/B] Although the charge carried a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, Felt was fined $5,000. (Miller was fined $3,500).[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Organization#cite_note-39"][U][COLOR=#0066cc][40][/COLOR][/U][/URL] Writing in [I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]The New York Times[/COLOR][/U][/URL][/I] a week after the conviction, [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Roy Cohn[/COLOR][/U][/URL] claimed that Felt and Miller were being used as scapegoats by the Carter administration and that it was an unfair prosecution. Cohn wrote it was the "final dirty trick" and that there had been no "personal motive" to their actions.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Organization#cite_note-40"][U][COLOR=#0066cc][41][/COLOR][/U][/URL] [I]The Times[/I] saluted the convictions, saying that it showed "the case has established that zeal is no excuse for violating the Constitution".[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Organization#cite_note-41"][U][COLOR=#0066cc][42][/COLOR][/U][/URL] Felt and Miller appealed the verdict, and they were later pardoned by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan"][U][COLOR=#0066cc]Ronald Reagan[/COLOR][/U][/URL].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Organization#cite_note-42"][U][COLOR=#0066cc][43][/COLOR][/U][/URL] [SIZE=5][B](Just a little info to clear the record)[/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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