Bay Briefing: Antioch's moment of reckoning
Plus: Where some Bay Area residents have fled to get bigger, cheaper homes
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Plus: Where some Bay Area residents have fled to get bigger, cheaper homes
Now he was inside. Rows of file cabinets beckoned. This was the moment the group of eight had planned. They had long suspected FBI malfeasance and were convinced these records would prove it. Daniel, then 26, rolled out the first metal cabinet drawer, scooped up the files and threw them into a suitcase. His gloved hands shook. The burglars had to hurry. They had chosen March 8, 1971, because Muhammad Ali’s title fight against Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden would keep most of the country and world — and most importantly, FBI agents and police — glued to closed-circuit screens and r...