[Kimberly GG]

New story to me....can someone tell me WHY he and his wife were never prosecuted?

[Robert DeLong]

Because the investigation against them was muffed thanks to the illegal activities of the Washington Post’s favorite Watergate answer man himself, Mark Felt — aka Deep Throat.

In 1972-73, FBI official Felt and his colleague Edward S. Miller authorized nine illegal break-ins at the homes of Weather Underground members. When the black bag jobs became public, the federal government decided it couldn’t prosecute the alleged terrorists. Indicted during the Carter Administration, Felt and Miller were tried in 1980 in Washington. Ever the patriot, former President Nixon voluntarily testified on the defendants’ behalf, but they were convicted anyway and pardoned by President Reagan in March 1981.

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[Matchett-PI]

"New story to me....can someone tell me WHY he and his wife were never prosecuted?"

The FBI bungled the case and the evidence to prosecute couldn't be used. THAT is the __only__ reason he and his terrorist friends didn't go to prison.

[Marysecretary]

I think it was a glitch in their trial that got them off.

[roses of sharon]

IIRC it was a problem with the search warrant?