...another COINTELPRO operation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainesville_Eight"The Gainesville Eight were a group of anti-war activists indicted on charges of conspiracy to disrupt the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida.
Vietnam Veterans Against the War had planned to demonstrate against the ongoing Vietnam War during the convention.
After learning, from FBI informants and agents within the VVAW, about possible plans for disruption and violence, the Justice Department initiated a Grand Jury investigation. Eight of the people investigated were indicted by the government on charges of conspiracy to disrupt the convention. They were John Briggs, Scott Camil, Alton Foss, John Kniffin, Peter Mahoney, Stanley Michelson, William Patterson, and Don Perdue. All but Briggs (also known as Peavey John) were Vietnam veterans."
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"The Southern Regional assistant coordinator of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, William 'Bill' Lemmer, revealed himself as an undercover FBI operative in May of 1972. During the 1973 trial it was revealed that the VVAW had been infiltrated by government agents and informants, such as Emmerson Poe and Lemmer.
Showing that these agents provocateur led the illegal activities severely damaged the prosecution's case. The prosecution also tried to use the defendant's Vietnam records as indication that these were violent people.
The jury acquitted all eight after less than four hours of deliberation."