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FBI informant testifies on LBJ Library protest role
FBI informer William Lemmer admitted involvement with an antiwar group that occupied the LBJ Library in 1971 but denied leading the action. He testified in the Gainesville Eight trial, detailing his limited leadership and denying entrapment or planning of violent acts, while describing prior police actions against protesters.
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Gainesville, Fla
FBI
William W. Lemmer
Gainesville
LBJ
Texas
Lemmer
VVAW
Scott Camil
John Kniffen
William Patterson
University of Texas
Kniffen
Columbus
U.S
Winston E. Arnow
Little Rock
Ark
Camil
Stanley K. Michelson Jr
John K. Briggs
Patterson
Austin
Peter J. Mahoney
New York City
Alton C. Foss
Hialeah
Fla
Donald P. Perdue
Hollywood
Pentagon
Kansas