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Ten O'Clock News; CIA recruitment protest trial
04/09/1987
Jury for CIA recruitment protest trial gets sworn in. Other court scenes. Footage of the 1986 protest. Assistant District Attorney Diane Fernauld makes the prosecution's case. Defense attorney Leonard Weinglass and UMass Amherst student Jennifer Johnston make opening arguments for the defense, accusing both the CIA and UMass Amherst of committing crimes, which the defendants were only trying to prevent. Judge Richard Conan allows defense witness to testify as to the crimes of the CIA, but has yet to decide if the jury will be allowed to consider this testimony.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
CIA recruitment protest trial
- Series Description
NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.
(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976
- Duration
00:02:44
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency
- University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- Trials
- Hoffman, Abbie
- Courts
- Weinglass, Leonard
- Carter, Amy
- Locations
- Northampton (Mass.)
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Boeri, David (Reporter)
- Weinglass, Leonard (Speaker)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; CIA recruitment protest trial,” 04/09/1987, GBH Archives, accessed September 16, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_08693362B81A4127B94F815985FEFE3A.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; CIA recruitment protest trial.” 04/09/1987. GBH Archives. Web. September 16, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_08693362B81A4127B94F815985FEFE3A>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; CIA recruitment protest trial. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_08693362B81A4127B94F815985FEFE3A