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Nos. 77-1698, 77-1210 & 77-1370 25 Hanrahan held his final press conference the following day. When confronted with questions from reporters that focused on the photographic misrepresentations contained in the Chicago Tribune article, Hanrahan again confirmed the accuracy of the officers’ stories “without investigating the conflicting reports. At trial Hanrahan testified that he believed his publicity efforts were necessary to maintain the integrity and reputation of law enforcement in the community. The role of the federal defendants continued in the post-raid period. Mitchell, Piper, and Johnson testified that they first learned of the raid through the news media the morning of December 4. Later that day, they received information from the State’s Attorney’s Office that Hampton’s body had been positively identified. Johnson then approved the transmission of an “urgent”::- - teletype to FBI headquarters in Washington reporting - the raid. Pursuant to Piper’s instructions, Mitchell spoke with Jalovec and Groth at the State’s Attorney’s Office to obtain more details. At this meeting Jalovee asked Mitchell whether he would be concerned if “it got out” that Mitchell was the source of the preliminary informa- tion for the raid. so ; The FBI continued to monitor BPP activities through O’Neal’s assistance, and-it was during this early post- raid period that FBI officials wrote a Series of memoranda highlighting their involvement in the raid. Piper sent a memorandum to Bureau headquarters on December 11 which requested a bonus for O’Neal. The request was “justified” on the grounds that the raid was based on information furnished by O’Neal and that this information was not available from any other source. Shortly thereafter, a three hundred dollar bonus was ap- proved. On December 12 Mitchell wrote a memorandum which stated for the first time that federally illegal weapons had been present in the apartment a few days prior to the raid. The memorandum also noted that the communicated with the State’s Attorney’s Office around the first of December regarding the illegal Weapons. Mitchell’s memorandum was not sent to the Washington office of the FBI but instead was placed in the Chicago FBI’s “O’Neal” file which also contained the