take it somewhere. bonnie rains worked at a daycare center in philadelphia. her husband, john, taught religion at temple university. they were the very picture of a golden couple. we had an eight-year-old, a 6-year-old and a 2-year-old. we were family folks who also wanted to keep another track active in our lives, which was political activism. that activism attracted the attention of the fbi, it s director, the powerful and feared j. edgar hoover, received the anti-war movement which ranged from rat cal revolutionaries to peaceful protesters, as a threat toings nale security. at one rally, i had one of my children on my back. not only did they take my picture but they took her picture. protesters like the raines became increasingly convinced the fbi was conducting a covert campaign against them, tapping their phones and infiltrating anti-war groups. we knew the fbi was
the office alone. pull up, walk up to the door and one of the locks is a cylinder tumbler lock and not a pin tumbler lock. i just about had a heart attack. i could not pick that lock. they almost called it off but the second door bonnie noticed gave them another chance. at that point, you know you are going to have to wing it. knelt down on the floor and picked the lock in 20 seconds. that ir was a deadbolt on the other side. i had a pry bar with me, a short crowbar. i put the bar in and yanked that sucker. at one point, i heard a noise inside the office. i m like, are they in there waiting for me. basically said to myself, there is only one way to find out. i m going in. next, the inside crew walked into an empty office wearing business suits and carrying several suitcases. they cleaned out file cabinets and then made their way down stairs to the getaway car and drove off unnoticed.
door was. that gave me a chance to check out both rooms and know where the file cabinets were. bonnie discovered there was no alarm system and no he can is kurt guards. she also found a second door leading inside. when she came back with that news, we became convinced, yes, i think we can get this done. we had more to lose than anybody else in the group, because we had these kids. we faced the reality of if we were arrested and on trial, we would be in prison for very many years. we had to make some plans for that. with a solid understanding of how they would conduct the break-in, they now needed to figure out when. march 8th, 1971, frazier and l ali were fighting for the championship of the world. we had the feeling that maybe the cops might be a little bit distracted. while the crew waited at a nearby hotel, forsyth arrived at
great idea. we are not going to make any allegations. we are going to take their own paperwork, signed by their own people, including j. edgar hoover and give it to the newspapers. let s see you argue with that. reporter: in the raines third floor attic, the team divvied up responsibilities and assigned tasks. they hung maps to learn about the neighborhood, planned escape roots and took extensive notes on the comings and goings. i signed up for a correspondence course in locksmithing. practiced several times a week. after a month, you get pretty good. bonnie was assigned the job to go inside and case the office. i was to call the office and make an appointment as a student doing research on opportunities for women in the fbi. they gave me an appointment. i tried to disguise myself as best i could. i went to say good-bye. i acted confused about where the