during the early design phase of this installation included [inaudible] carol tang, brian fisher, jack dunncker, [inaudible] i also want to acknowledge my predecessor who played such a seminal role in the design of the academy. he is now at the university of colorado. the director of the exhibit development who insured that the installation went off without a hitch just as he ensured that the entire academy moved to howard street and then moved back without one lost fish. of course, the arts commission in the city of san francisco. it is my pleasure to introduce this senior adviser to mayor gabonese som - -gavin newsom. >> i am here representing the mayor. he is anticipating the birth of his child which should come to any minute now. on behalf of the mayor, welcome to this dedication of the sculpture. the mayor early in his career realize the transforming power of public arts. it starts a discourse. it challenges us as citizens. what is missing is the expression of what people in san francisco and the mayor are trying to achieve. we are trying to be the greatest city possible. our art shoul

. >> reporter: jack dunn is boston college's spokesman. >> being the repository of the belfast project these tapes regarding the troubles seemed like a logical thing for a university of our caliber to do. >> this is just a pure, simple one-page agreement that we signed. >> reporter: interviewees like william smith were promised that their testimony would remain confidential until their deaths. and that's how it went for years, the tapes hidn away under lock and keyn bost colleges campus. but in 2010, that all changed, after infamous i.r.a. commander brendan hughes died and his interviews were released. >> a lot of the stuff that i am saying here, i'm saying it in trust. because i have a trust in you. i have never, ever, ever admitted to being a member of the i.r.a. never. i've just done it here. >> reporter: and then last summer, a bombshell: the u.s. department of justice, acting on behalf of united kingdom law enforcement, subpoenaed the tapes ofeveral intview subjects who were still alive. >> what led to the subpoenas was the fact that one of the participants, dolours price, had giv