Word: berrigans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Both Berrigan brothers are serving federal prison terms for destruction of Selective Service records at Catonsville...
Attorney General John N. Mitchell announced yesterday that the U. S. government has indicted anti-war priest Father Philip Berrigan and five other persons on charges of plotting to kidnap presidential adviser Henry A. Kissinger '50 and blow up heating systems in federal buildings...
...Berrigan and his brother Daniel, also a Roman Catholic priest, were accused of the plot by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover late last year in testimony before a Senate subcommittee. Hoover linked the plot to a move to force the United States to leave Vietnam and to release alleged political prisoners...
...Father Daniel Berrigan...
William Kunstler and the Rev. William C. Cunningham, the Berrigan brothers' lawyers, contended that Hoover had fabricated a "farfetched spy story" for the purpose of securing his appropriation. If Hoover had evidence to support his charge, said the attorneys, it would be his duty to seek prosecution. Presumably he would do just that...