Los Angeles-AP -- John Kerry reportedly had a following in the 1970s -- but it wasn't one he wanted.
The Los Angeles Times says F-B-I agents followed Kerry across the country for months in 1971, when he helped to lead a prominent anti-war group.
The Times says the F-B-I ended the surveillance after finding no evidence of wrongdoing against Kerry, who got medals for his Vietnam War service.
Citing intelligence documents, the Times says the surveillance included following Kerry to anti-war rallies, monitoring his speeches and taking pictures of him with other activists.
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."
FBI documents confirm earlier reports by those present that Kerry participated in a closed-door discussion of a proposal to assassinate seven U.S. senators who were special targets of Hanoi, with whose agents selected leaders of VVAW had been meeting.
