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== "Guilty as hell, free as a bird" ==
== "Guilty as hell, free as a bird" ==
Bill Ayers, his wife Bernardine Dohrn and other WUO figures were not prosecuted because of alleged [[FBI]] misconduct while investigating the foreign influence in domestic terrorism. In fact, FBI officials [[W. Mark Felt]]<ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB156/ Nixon and the FBI: The White House Tapes], National Security Archive, The George Washington Universtiy, Washington, D.C.</ref> and Edward S. Miller were indicted and convicted in November 1980 of conspiring to violate the civil rights of relatives of the Weather Underground, including Jennifer Dohrn,<ref>http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=jennifer%20dohrn</ref> sister of Bernardine, whose homes had been burglarized.
However, on April 15, 1981, President Ronald Reagan granted full and unconditional pardons, saying, in part:
{{Cquote| Messrs. Felt and Miller followed procedures they believed essential to keep the Director of the FBI, the Attorney General, and the President of the United States advised of the activities of hostile foreign powers and their collaborators in this country.<ref>http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1981/41581d.htm</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/01/us/two-top-fbi-officials-cleared.html Two Top F.B.I. Officials Cleared], [[New York Times]], December 1, 1983.</ref>}}
==Fugitive Days==
==Fugitive Days==