How regular citizens on a secret mission broke in and stole the FBI’s dark secrets
- Posted on March 20, 2026
- By CNN
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How regular citizens on a secret mission broke in and stole the FBI’s dark secrets
On March 8, 1971, eight people broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania and made off with more than 1,000 documents. Identifying themselves as the Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI, they changed the course of US history.
