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Abbie Hoffman — Part 10

159 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: May 7, 1969 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 159 pages OCR'd
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BR er we Ce q gS) CONFIDENTIAL * ' NY 100+161445 ¢ ‘the attempt to bring that power back and the authority that it represents and we have to regard that constantly as the illegitimate authority and constantly go on the offense. That's why nobody changes the way they dress, nobody changes the way they talk, the way they carry on in the courtroom offensive. Never recognize this authority as legitimate. Now vou'd swear we rigged this (obscene) judge. “I mean they made movies out of it. They been lookinp up all over the country for the past three months and they can't find another one like him. he's bevond the generation pap. This guy, he's about 75 years old. His last 44 jury trials will give you some idea of what we're up arainst. Never mind the laws, never mind the prosecutor betting their political careers on this, never mind the computer in Washington and the FBI agents who have a special key and goes out and it's a real fright when you think about it ~ this (obscene) problem. Every time a witness comes on and gives his name and address there's an FBI agent who, first of all from the first week, tle can’t understand —. Anyway it goes like this: then he just yawns a little and gets out a little gold ring, a key, and kinda outside the room and out the door and down to the 15th floor there's a special crew assembled and they write down the information who that witness is, ‘Jrite to Washington and in five or ten minutes, he slips back into the room carrying a little brown folder like this, just sneaking in along the side. If you see this guy, you just sit there. You wouldn't even know - this is the most frightening thing about the trial. He hits on three out of four witnesses whether they're factory workers or chairmen of a kw school in Los Angeles, whether it’s a rock singer. No matter who it is, he hits on three out of ~3 CONFIDERITIAL
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