Patty Hearst was mentioned in an earlier bread. Kidnapping "victim" turned machine gunner on bank guards.
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbionese_Liberation_Army
EME a/k/a "moonbounce" is a PITA. Requires big antennas, big amplifiers on the uplink, expensive amplifiers on the downlink and tracking systems to aim the antennas.
We did some seriously shitty stuff in Afganistan in the 1970s. Lots of stinger missiles to the "good guys" who later became Al Queda. Bin Laden was a CIA asset.
We wanted Afganstan to be the Soviet Vietnam. Unspeakable atrocities.
Salinas v. Texas. Pleading the 5th is admission of guilt per SCOTUS. Sadly, Scalia's worst opinion ever.