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Activists behind FBI burglary go public

Some of the people behind an infamous 1971 burglary at an FBI office in the United States are now coming forward to tell their stories.

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Some of the people behind an infamous 1971 burglary at an FBI office in the United States are now coming forward to tell their stories.

The burglars broke into a field office in the state of Pennsylvania and stole several boxes of files.

The files were turned over to the media which exposed that the intelligence services were taking part in large scale dirty tricks, including threatening to expose Martin Luther King's extramarital affairs.

North American correspondent John Stempin told Greg Dyett why some of the burglars are now going public.

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