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From the beginning, the defense contended that the letters between the Rev. Philip Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth McAlister, some of which alluded to the kidnaping of Henry Kissinger and the blowing up of heating tunnels in Washington, D.C., were merely loose talk. "Conspiracy," said Assistant Defense Attorney Leonard Boudin in his closing argument, "is when a group of people get together and make a commitment-a firm commitment-to action." Countered Chief Prosecutor William Lynch: "Words are the trigger of action." In the end, no amount of words could trigger the jury to action. Last week, after seven days...
...CASE OF WALTER COLLINS, a black activist thrown in jail for resisting the draft, has not received the same attention in the North as the cases of Angela Davis or the Berrigan brothers...
According to Douglas, he became "concerned" about the goals of Berrigan and his friends-some of whom he met at campus meetings-and their talk about blowing up tunnels. "I am a Catholic," he said, "and I was brought up a very strict Catholic-in a relative way." Douglas decided that it was only a matter of time before prison authorities found out that he was serving as a messenger for Berrigan. "I hoped," he said, "that if I had some supplemental evidence that I could produce at the time that it was discovered I was carrying out contraband...
Douglas continued to be trusted by Berrigan and his associates. In one of Father Phil's letters to Sister Elizabeth he refers to Douglas as "the local minister with portfolio" and describes him as "the best thing hereabouts since polio vaccine. His ministrations have been no less than providential." Douglas came up with lots of seemingly helpful advice. He said that when he told Berrigan that the Washington caper would necessarily entail some violence, the priest agreed. Berrigan also agreed, said Douglas, to using a gun "but suggested the possible use of blanks. I advised him that...
...another letter to Sister Elizabeth, Berrigan talked about recruiting some fellow prisoners. "The young guys here more and more sit in on our rap sessions. They are car thieves, bank robbers, old experienced cons for all their young ages. They are creative, personable, funny, violent, racist, but what an injection they'll add to our movement. We hope that before they leave here to have them started on an investigation of life-one which will put their talents at our disposal...