That Time Hippies Stole Secret Government Files

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In 1971, eight unlikely thieves uncovered the largest conspiracy in American history.
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SOURCES
A = Betty Medsger, *The Burglary*, (Penguin Random House, 2014).
B = Bonnie Raines, “I Broke Into an FBI Office and Took Every Document. Here’s Why,” *ACLU Texas*, 15 January 2014.
C = Betty Medsger, “Remembering an earlier time when a theft unmasked government surveillance,” in *The Washington Post*, 10 January 2014.
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00:00 DISGUISES
03:55 PARANOIA
06:22 BURGLARY
09:20 HUNTED
14:02 PUBLICATION
16:35 CLOSING IN
19:10 CONCLUSION
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