Weekend Series on Crime History: Nixon Talks to J. Edgar Hoover About Cop Killers in 1971
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z_If_ViZJk
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z_If_ViZJk
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