The Burglary (97 page)

12
“The Media documents”:
Ungar,
FBI
, 485.

13
“In one fell swoop”:
Holland,
Leak
, 13.

14
“Hoover's power”:
Powers,
Broken
, 287.

1
He traveled to Vietnam:
Peter Monaghan, “The Year That Started the 60s,”
Chronicle of Higher Education
, November 5, 2012. In 1965, the year before Davidon went to Vietnam, the war had escalated significantly: American troop numbers had leaped from 23,000 to 184,000 and round-the-clock bombing had begun. The intensification of the war motivated Davidon to see the impact of the war firsthand.

2
Like other reports:
R. W. Apple Jr., “Vietnamese Seize Six U.S. Pacifists and Expel Them,”
New York Times
, April 21, 1966.

3
“the most significant”:
Lyons,
The People of This Generation
, 144–66.

4
But at the Vatican:
Carroll,
An American Requiem
, 75–76. Polner and O'Grady,
Disarmed and Dangerous
, 112, 118–19, 142–43, 169.

5
In
1963
: Polner and O'Grady,
Disarmed and Dangerous
, 136.

6
Pope Paul VI:
Carroll,
The American Requiem
, 155–60. Polner and O'Grady,
Disarmed and Dangerous
, 137.

7
Spellman had always:
Carroll,
The American Requiem
, 164–69.

8
Standing before troops:
Polner and O'Grady,
Disarmed and Dangerous
, 137.

9
Spellman's role:
Carroll,
The American Requiem
, 164.

10
Despite the fiercely:
Polner and O'Grady,
Disarmed and Dangerous
, 107, 109, 125–26, 156, 210.

11
As the Catholic:
Ibid., 129, 131, 172.

12
Spellman's authoritarian:
Carroll,
An American Requiem
, 173–74. Polner and O'Grady,
Disarmed and Dangerous
, 111–41.

13
Nine of them:
Polner and O'Grady,
Disarmed and Dangerous
, 12, 192–94, 212, 331–32.

14
He sent the letter:
Berrigan,
America Is Hard to Find
, 92–98.

15
In November
1969
: Henry Kamm, “Vietnamese Say G.I.'s Slew 567 in Town,”
New York Times,
November 17, 1969.

16
American officials:
William Carlsen and Mark Simon, “Hard Line Helped Him Win, Flexibility Helped Him Stay / Ability to Compromise Replaced His Tough Stance Against UC Student Protests,”
San Francisco Chronicle
, June 6, 2004.

17
Three members:
Linda Charlton, “Search Widens for 2 Women in Townhouse Blast,”
New York Times
, March 30, 1970.

18
President Nixon announced:
“Cambodian Incursion Address,” April 30, 1970,
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/PDFFiles/Richard%20Nixon%20-%20Cambodian%20Incursion%20Address.pdf
.

19
By the end:
Taylor Owen, “Bombs over Cambodia,”
taylorowen.com
, September 19, 2006. Owen, research director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia School of Journalism, provided this analysis from Air Force data on all American bombing of Indochina between 1964 and 1975 that was declassified and released by President Bill Clinton in 2000 when he became the first U.S. president to visit Vietnam since the war ended.

20
Two days after:
Ohio Politics
, 80–81.

21
A day later:
John Kifner, “4 Kent State Students Killed by Troops: 8 Hurt as Shooting Follows Reported Sniping at Rally,”
New York Times
, May 4, 1970. Robert D. McFadden, “37 College Chiefs Urge Nixon Move for Prompt Peace,”
New York Times
, May 5, 1970. Martin Nolan, “What the Nation Learned at Kent State in 1970,”
Boston Globe
, May 3, 2000.

22
A few days later:
Dean,
Conservatives Without Conscience
, 85.

23
Nixon, at the urging:
Jack Rosenthal, “President's Panel Warns Split on Youth Perils U.S.; Asks Him to Foster Unity: Near–Civil War Feared Unless Division of Society Is Ended,”
New York Times
, September 27, 1970.

24
Two students:
Roy Reed, “F.B.I. Investigating Killing of 2 Negroes in Jackson,”
New York Times
, May 16, 1970.

25
The Friday after:
Homer Bigart, “War Foes Here Attacked by Construction Workers: City Hall Is Stormed,”
New York Times
, May 9, 1970. “After ‘Bloody Friday,' New York Wonders If Wall Street Is Becoming a Battleground,”
Wall Street Journal
, May 11, 1970. Joe Guzzardi, “View from Lodi, CA: Remembering an Earlier War in America's Streets,”
http://www.vdare.com/guzzardi/war_in_streets.htm
, April 23, 2004.

26
Twenty-two of those:
Robert B. Semple, “Nixon Meets Heads of 2 City Unions; Hails War Support,”
New York Times,
May 27, 1970. James M. Naughton, “Construction Union Chief in New York Is Chosen to Succeed Hodgson,”
New York Times,
November 30, 1972.

27
Vice President Spiro Agnew:
Fred J. Cook, “Hard-Hats: The Rampaging Patriots,”
Nation
, June 15, 1970.

28
On August
24,
1970
: Susan Rosenfeld, “The Fatal Bombing That Historians Ignore,”
Chronicle of Higher Education,
August 17, 2001.

29
That was America:
“At War with War,”
Time,
May 18, 1970.

30
Little had been written:
Ungar,
FBI
, 484–85.

31
The first event:
Donner,
The Age of Surveillance
, 87–90. Gentry,
J. Edgar Hoover
, 664–65. Nelson and Ostrow,
The FBI and the Berrigans
, 15–20.

32
“Only twice”:
Nelson and Ostrow,
The FBI and the Berrigans
, 15–16.

33
He stuck with:
James T. Patterson, “The Enemy Within,”
Atlantic
, October 1998.

34
It was not known:
Gentry,
J. Edgar Hoover
, 664–67. Ungar,
FBI
, 307, 483. Donner,
The Age of Surveillance
, 87–89. Nelson and Ostrow,
The FBI and the Berrigans
, 16–20. Sullivan,
The Bureau
, 154–55.

35
Hoover probably never:
Ungar,
FBI
, 337.

36
The second event:
Donner,
The Age of Surveillance
, 88, 107, 117. Gentry,
J. Edgar Hoover
, 665–66. Nelson and Ostrow,
The FBI and the Berrigans
, 29–30. Author interviews with Anderson.

37
A trip Anderson made:
George C. Wilson, “S. Viet Prison Found Shocking,”
Washington Post
, July 7, 1970.

38
One of the staunchest:
Ungar,
FBI
, 364–66. Tom Wicker, “What Have They Done Since They Shot Dillinger?,”
New York Times
, December 29, 1969: Rooney, as quoted by Wicker: “I have never cut his budget and I never expect to.…The people don't want it cut.' ”

39
It was a brutal:
Ronald Kessler, “FBI Had Files on Congress, Ex-Aides Say,”
Washington Post
, January 19, 1975.

1
“John's personality”:
Camden
28
documentary film, produced by Anthony Giacchino, 2007.

2
The downward spiral:
“Casualties—US vs NVA/VC.” Note that U.S. statistics cited here are from Combat Area Casualty File and the Adjutant General's Center file, both available from the National Archives.
http://www.rjsmith.com/kia_tbl.html
.

3
It was not just Harriet Tubman:
“Media History,”
http://visitmediapa.com/history
.

1
For the first time:
Frank Lotierzo, “Fight of the Century: 33 Years Later and Still Nothing Like It,”
http://www.thesweetscience.com
, March 7, 2004. Michael Silver, “Where Were You on March 8, 1971?,” ESPN, November 19, 2003. “The Fight of the Century,” International Boxing Hall of Fame,
http://www.ibhof.com
. Gary Younge, “The Fighter,”
Guardian
, January 18, 2002. Hauser,
Muhammad Ali
, 173, 216–25.

2
Even Nelson Mandela:
Jack Newfield, “The Meaning of Muhammad,”
Nation
, January 17, 2002.

3
He even enlisted:
William C. Rhoden, “At His Essence, Smokin' Joe Was More Than Just a Symbol,”
New York Times
, November 13, 2011. Arkush,
The Fight of the Century
, 28–29, 132–36.

4
It was the most anticipated:
David Hornestay, “Joe Louis Knocks Out Max Schmeling: Personal Revenge and a Political Statement,”
http://www.suite101.com
, March 24, 2010. Dean Hybl, “Two Days in June: Max Schmeling vs. Joe Louis,”
http://sportsthenandnow.com
, June 19, 2010. “The Fight of the Century,” NPR, November 25, 2006. Hauser,
Muhammad Ali
, 225–33.

5
Shortly after:
Fred P. Graham, “Plot to Kidnap Kissinger Is Charged; Philip Berrigan and 5 Others Indicted,”
New York Times,
January 13, 1971.

6
H. H. Wilson, a professor:
H. H. Wilson, “The FBI Today: The Case for Effective Control,”
Nation
, February 8, 1971.

7
It would later be learned:
Fred J. Cook, “On Being an Enemy of the F.B.I.,”
Nation
, March 27, 1986.

8
The director fired Shaw:
Ungar,
FBI
, 265.

9
He said the letter:
Gentry,
J. Edgar Hoover
, 671.

10
Another unsolvable challenge:
Note: Two future Republican candidates for president, Ronald Reagan and Bob Dole, gave campaign speeches in front of this courthouse and across the street from the former Media FBI office.

1
The next week:
Mary McGrory, “Kissinger Meets Plotters,”
Washington Star
, March 12, 1971.

2
Kissinger later wrote:
Kissinger,
White House Years
, 1015–16.

1
In New York:
William N. Wallace, “Worldwide Televising of Fight Is the Biggest Item in a $25 Million Gamble, Most Will Watch on Home Screens, but Viewing in U.S., England and Canada Is Restricted to Closed Circuit TV,”
New York Times,
March 7, 1971. Jack Gould, “Broadcast of Fight Barred to Many G.I.s,”
New York Times,
March 6, 1971. “Facts on Title Fight,”
New York Times,
March 8, 1971. Steve Cady, “500-Man Force to Patrol Inside and Outside Arena,”
New York Times,
March 8, 1971. Ian O'Connor, “The First Ali-Frazier Fight Still Electric After 35 Years,”
USA Today,
March 7, 2006. Bob Hanna, “Book Inspired Memories of ‘Fight of the Century,' ”
Inside Boxing,
November 27, 2007. Hauser,
Muhammad Ali
, 225–33. Arkush,
The Fight of the Century
, 148–80.

2
By that time:
Dave Kindred, “The First Ali-Frazier Fight Was Also the Best,”
Sporting News
, February 17, 1999. Arkush,
The Fight of the Century
, 181–95.

3
As the world watched:
Dave Anderson, “Champion Floors His Rival with Left Hook in the 15th,”
New York Times
, March 9, 1971. Neil Amdur, “Ali Is Silent on Way to Hospital,”
New York Times
, March 9, 1971. Arthur Daley, “Epic Worth the Price,”
New York Times
, March 9, 1971. Jack Gould, “Radio Gives World-Wide Fight News,”
New York Times
, March 9, 1971. Hauser,
Muhammad Ali
, 233. Arkush,
The Fight of the Century
, 196–200.

4
As Hoover retired:
“The Truth About Hoover,”
Time
, December 22, 1975.

1
In New York:
Kindred,
Sound and Fury
, 171.

1
Frank McLaughlin:
Author interview with McLaughlin, plus his official reports.

2
The last time:
“FBI Agents Cope with Antiquated Facilities in Covering 2 Counties,”
Philadelphia Inquirer
, March 9, 1967.

3
That morning he:
Felt,
The FBI Pyramid
, 92–99, and Felt and O'Connor,
A G-Man's Life
, 84–92. These excerpts from Felt's two books, combined with his reports in the record of the MEDBURG investigation, are records of his use of conflicting information to make the case against the agent in charge of the Media office, Tom Lewis.