On 6/1/05, Chip Berlet wrote: > W. Mark Felt is undoubtedly a nice grandfather, but he was a key FBI bureaucrat during the illegal COINTELPRO operations and later authorized illegal break ins of dissident's homes and offices. The claim that he only authorized covert break-ins (Black Bag jobs) of persons directly connected to the Weather Underground as part of legitimate foreign intelligence matters is a rewriting of history rejected by the the government officials who indicted, prosecuted, and convicted Felt of illegal activity.< -- Jim Devine "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- K. Marx, paraphrasing Dante A.