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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2145804" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p>Wikipedia's Bill Ayers page ;</p><p>After the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Village_townhouse_explosion" target="_blank">Greenwich Village townhouse explosion</a> in 1970, in which Weatherman member <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Gold" target="_blank">Ted Gold</a>, Ayers's close friend <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Robbins" target="_blank">Terry Robbins</a>, and Ayers's girlfriend, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Oughton" target="_blank">Diana Oughton</a>, were killed when a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_bomb" target="_blank">nail bomb</a> being assembled in the house exploded, Ayers and several associates evaded pursuit by U.S. law enforcement officials. </p><p>Ayers was not facing criminal charges at the time, but the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government" target="_blank">federal government</a> later filed charges against him.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-dtct091601-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> Ayers participated in the bombings of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department" target="_blank">New York City Police Department</a> headquarters in 1970, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol" target="_blank">United States Capitol</a> building in 1971, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentagon" target="_blank">the Pentagon</a> in 1972, as he noted in his 2001 book, <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Days" target="_blank">Fugitive Days</a></em>. Ayers writes:</p><p></p><p>Although the bomb that rocked the Pentagon was itsy-bitsy—weighing close to two pounds—it caused 'tens of thousands of dollars' of damage. The operation cost under $500, and no one was killed or even hurt.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-19" target="_blank">[19]</a></p><p></p><p>After the bombing Ayers became a fugitive. During this time Ayers and fellow member Bernardine Dohrn married, and the two remained fugitives together, changing identities, jobs and locations.</p><p></p><p>Due to the illegal tactics of FBI agents involved with the program, including conducting wiretaps and property searches without warrants, government attorneys requested all weapons-related and bomb-related charges be dropped against the Weather Underground, including charges against Ayers.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-autogenerated1-21" target="_blank">[21]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-22" target="_blank">[22]</a></p><p></p><p>I wonder if any civil charges were ever brought Ayers ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2145804, member: 12952"] Wikipedia's Bill Ayers page ; After the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Village_townhouse_explosion']Greenwich Village townhouse explosion[/URL] in 1970, in which Weatherman member [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Gold']Ted Gold[/URL], Ayers's close friend [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Robbins']Terry Robbins[/URL], and Ayers's girlfriend, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Oughton']Diana Oughton[/URL], were killed when a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail_bomb']nail bomb[/URL] being assembled in the house exploded, Ayers and several associates evaded pursuit by U.S. law enforcement officials. Ayers was not facing criminal charges at the time, but the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government']federal government[/URL] later filed charges against him.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-dtct091601-7'][7][/URL] Ayers participated in the bombings of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department']New York City Police Department[/URL] headquarters in 1970, the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol']United States Capitol[/URL] building in 1971, and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentagon']the Pentagon[/URL] in 1972, as he noted in his 2001 book, [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Days']Fugitive Days[/URL][/I]. Ayers writes: Although the bomb that rocked the Pentagon was itsy-bitsy—weighing close to two pounds—it caused 'tens of thousands of dollars' of damage. The operation cost under $500, and no one was killed or even hurt.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-19'][19][/URL] After the bombing Ayers became a fugitive. During this time Ayers and fellow member Bernardine Dohrn married, and the two remained fugitives together, changing identities, jobs and locations. Due to the illegal tactics of FBI agents involved with the program, including conducting wiretaps and property searches without warrants, government attorneys requested all weapons-related and bomb-related charges be dropped against the Weather Underground, including charges against Ayers.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-autogenerated1-21'][21][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-22'][22][/URL] I wonder if any civil charges were ever brought Ayers ? [/QUOTE]
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