Author: FBI Files On Kerry Stolen

The man who uncovered evidence that the FBI tailed presidential candidate John Kerry for months in 1971 said some of those files were stolen this week.

Author Gerald Nicosia reported to police Friday that three of the 14 boxes of once-secret FBI files he obtained under the Freedom of Information Act were taken from his Corte Madera home Thursday.

Particular files from the remaining 11 boxes were also taken, Nicosia said, including files containing documents about Kerry that hadn't been reviewed yet by others.

"The three files folders about John Kerry were taken," Nicosia said. "Those revelations are lost now, at least to me."

Nicosia, author of "Memory Babe: A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac" and "Home to War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans Movement," says he doesn't know who took his files, or why, but he's got some ideas.

"There's a range of possibilities. You could have your thrill seeker, like someone who wants a piece of the history," Nicosia told The Associated Press Friday in a phone interview.

It was the Los Angeles Times that first reviewed some of Nicosia's documents and reported in its March 23 edition that Kerry's post-war activism and speeches were closely monitored by the FBI.

Acting Twin Cities Police Department Sgt. Chuck Lovenguth confirms his office is investigating the reported theft and trying to get more details on exactly what was taken.

Lovenguth said he would likely forward the report to the investigations department once Nicosia provides authorities with more details about what is missing.