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FBI Officials Pardon / Aftermath #516235

NBC Evening News for Thursday, Apr 16, 1981
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(Studio) Reaction to President Reagan's pardoning of former FBI officials Mark Felt and Ed Miller, convicted of illegal break-ins noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor

(DC) [Attorney General William French SMITH - defs. President circumventing normal pardon procedures.] [Former Attorney General Griffin BELL - says Felt and Miller were guilty.] [Former prosecutor John NIELDS - thinks pardon "issued in ignorance" pales with jury's verdict.] Last time president pardon such as this occurred recalled in 1952 when President Harry Truman pardoned 2 CIA agents; details given.
REPORTER: Carl Stern

Reporter(s):
Chancellor, John;
Stern, Carl
Duration:
00:01:50

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