tried hard to cover up and were released only as a result of a court order, turn out to have bernie threadgill's initials on the bottom of them. whatare consistent with threadgill told me. what these documents show is that, starting in 1961, richard a oakey became active in various left-wing groups, including that young socialist alliance and the socialist workers party, later the amount a committee, the omission -- asian american political lines, third world strike, and the black panthers. that would be a rough chronology of his involvement with the fbi. >> [inaudible] what happened, according to fbi records, was that he enlisted in the army, immediately upon graduating high school. according to fbi records, he spoke with an army official and discuss some of his associations at berkeley high school. this army official been recorded this -- reported this to the fbi. him andcontacted enlisted him as an informant. if that answers your question. ok. spencer, tos dan brief gems of irony before question. the republicans have made ronald reagan icon is the great defender of freedom of expression and p