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How do we know they weren't goverment agents?


Just something that occurred to me while watching the film. They mention cointelpro during the film, and also point out that the weathermen helped discredit the left wing antiwar movement. Many have also pointed out that a great deal of these people now have comfy teaching jobs at major universities. Heck even Bill Ayers has hung out with obama!

Would interesting to find out if some of these people where on the FBI or CIA pay roll!

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We don't know they weren't, but there's no evidence for it. Apply Occam's razor and answer your own baseless question.

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The whole intellectual and political lives of Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn negate the possibility of being agents. They have been solidly and consistently progressive since leaving the Underground.

And Ayers never hung around with Obama. That's just a right-wing talking point.

Terry (one of the 99%)
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