reporter: a mystery for 43 years. the night the nation was gripped by the fight of the century ali frazier at madison square garden. burglars broke into this fbi office outside of philadelphia and stole 1,000 secret documents. the culprits never found. we did it. somebody had to do it. reporter: and now a surprise confession. we just took all of the files. we didn t sort anything. reporter: in an exclusive nbc news interview, the burglars anti-vietnam war activists admit they committed the crime to expose what they believed were illegal activities by the fbi. massive illegal surveillance and intimidation. reporter: bonnie cased the office posing as a college student leaving no fingerprints. i never took my gloves off. reporter: her husband, john, a retired religion professor, drove the getaway car. i was sitting by myself in the station wagon and i was
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