Ronald Reagan actually said...

They acted not with criminal intent, but in the belief that they had grants of authority reaching to the highest levels of government.

I am pleased to transmit herewith the Eleventh Report of the United States Sinai Support Mission.

America was at war in 1972, and Messrs. Felt and Miller followed procedures they believed essential.

To punish them further—after 3 years of criminal prosecution proceedings—would not serve the ends of justice.