Ernie's Secret | E7 Harm / No Harm?

Unfinished

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Ernest was an informant, but just how much damage did he actually cause? To what extent do the sins of the government fall on one man’s shoulders? Two people look over their FBI records and what Ernest revealed about them and arrive at very different conclusions.

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0:00.0	Witness Docs from Stitcher
0:11.5	Previously on Ernie's Secret
0:13.8	It was kind of an innocent invitation.
0:17.6	You are a leader in the community.
0:19.4	You are a pastor of a church.
0:21.4	You have ears and eyes that we don't have.
0:25.5	So could we occasionally come by just to talk?
0:29.4	They were a client.
0:31.1	They were a client as jet was a client.
0:34.9	As Evony was a client.
0:36.6	As New York Times was a client, they wrote him a check.
0:40.4	I had the FBI say to me when I was covering the black panthers.
0:45.0	If you don't work with us, we can get a subpoena for your testimony and make you appear
0:50.6	before grand juries we have going.
1:01.8	May 21, 1971 was the perfect day for a wedding.
1:06.4	The bride is wearing a blue and gold sari.
1:08.8	Her long hair neatly parted on the side.
1:11.5	She's holding a bouquet of daisies.
1:13.6	Her groom is in a light brown suit.
1:15.9	No tie.
1:17.0	The couple stands surrounded by family.
1:19.4	They're all smiling for the camera and waiting for their friend Ernest Withers to take the
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