our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin joins me now. so talk more about this co-intel pro. for those who don't know. >> co-intel pro was j. edgar hoover's program to infiltrate the anti-war movement in many respects illegally by harassing people, by injecting criminality where it didn't exist. it wasn't directly part of their effort to harass martin luther king but it was part of the same category of fbi behavior that was just clearly illegal. >> and the statute of limitations has run out, which is why some of these people came forward. >> right. they have no exposure to criminal charges anymore. >> obviously the comparison to edward snowden comes up. you have been opposed to what edward snowden has done. how do you see what these people did? what they found out did it just justify the means? >> well, first of all, it's a great story. retro report and betty metsger, certainly my hat's off to them for tracking it down. i don't think what they did is right. good faith is not a defense to crimes.