Word: hearstly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...have believed that permitting the neighborhood--and the country--to see the battle would teach a lesson to potential terrorists more important in their consideration than the safety of neighborhood residents. Charles Bates, the special FBI agent in charge of the FBI's San Francisco office and the Patricia Hearst case, admitted he was worried about more "political kidnappings." The FBI had to demonstrate, Bates said, that "we've got more equipment and training than any army...
...second mission was only slightly more popular. As the editors of Ramparts pointed out in a May 1974 article "Terrorism and the Left," the strategy behind Patricia Hearst's kidnaping last February could not have been worse from the standpoint of radical organizers. Hearst's parents, a conservative publisher and a reactionary regent of the University of California, were made to appear as the warmest and most sympathetic of characters, while the kidnapers--and, by extension, the Left--seemed violent and heartless. California poor people were cast as beggars, taking morsels of food from the rich under the threat...
...Hearst was assured that he would be the first to know. When they called him with the news that his daughter was not one of the victims, Hearst could only gasp, "Thank God!" His wife burst into tears...
Until the explosive events of last week, FBI and police investigators had admitted that they had no idea where the S.L.A. and Patty Hearst might be, so well hidden were they in the black ghettos of the Bay Area. For weeks the authorities hoped to drive the S.L.A. out of this haven and into a new, unfamiliar area where the members might make some damaging mistakes. To that end, Hearst offered a reward of $50,000 to anyone furnishing information about the kidnapers; FBI agents made house-to-house searches, and a grand jury was called into session to sift...
...week's end the anguished question remained without answer: Where was Patty Hearst? If indeed she is still alive, authorities believe that she may be found soon. The Los Angeles gunfight cost the S.L.A. its muscle, Donald DeFreeze, and its brains, Nancy Ling Perry. Their combined talents enabled the S.L.A. to dodge their pursuers so successfully in San Francisco...