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...they got a tip early this year that secret papers were in the boxes. They say the tip was confirmed when Mark Feldstein, a G.W.U. professor writing an Anderson biography, told agents that "he has seen what he believed to be classified documents," says Joseph Persichini, head of the FBI's Washington field office. Feldstein denies that, saying he instead told the agents that he recalled seeing no plainly classified material among the yellowed pages, stained by rusty paper clips. "I was disappointed that there weren't any smoking-gun secret documents," says Feldstein. The lone once classified document...
...part, the FBI says the law is clear. "Nobody is protected from having in their possession a classified document," says Persichini. When asked if the Anderson family could be criminally prosecuted for possession of the files they inherited, Persichini replied, "At this point, we haven't gone down that route." The Anderson family is relishing the tug-of-war with the powerful agency. "It almost seems like the good old days," Kevin Anderson says. "I wish Dad were around to enjoy...
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