▁could ▁talk ▁together . ▁ ▁In ▁their ▁discuss ions , ▁M anson ▁was ▁surprised ▁and ▁found ▁it ▁difficult ▁to ▁understand ▁why ▁Le ary ▁had ▁given ▁people ▁L SD ▁without ▁trying ▁to ▁control ▁them . ▁At ▁one ▁point , ▁M anson ▁said ▁to ▁Le ary , ▁" They ▁took ▁you ▁off ▁the ▁streets ▁so ▁that ▁I ▁could ▁continue ▁with ▁your ▁work ." ▁ ▁Le ary ▁became ▁an ▁inform ant ▁for ▁the ▁F BI ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁short en ▁his ▁prison ▁sentence ▁and ▁he ▁entered ▁the ▁witness ▁protection ▁program ▁upon ▁his ▁release ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁He ▁claimed ▁that ▁he ▁fe igned ▁co operation ▁with ▁the ▁F BI ▁investigation ▁of ▁We ath erm en ▁by ▁providing ▁information ▁that ▁they ▁already ▁had ▁or ▁which ▁was ▁of ▁little ▁consequence . ▁The ▁F BI ▁gave ▁him ▁the ▁code ▁name ▁" Char lie ▁Th r ush ". ▁In ▁a ▁ 1 9 7 4 ▁news ▁conference , ▁Allen ▁G ins berg , ▁Ram ▁D ass , ▁and ▁Le ary ' s ▁ 2 5 - year - old ▁son ▁Jack ▁den ounced ▁Le ary , ▁calling ▁Le ary ▁a ▁" cop ▁inform ant ," ▁a ▁" li ar ," ▁and ▁a ▁" par ano id ▁sch iz op hren ic ." ▁No ▁pro sec utions ▁stem med ▁from ▁his ▁F BI ▁reporting . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁a ▁letter ▁from ▁ 2 2 ▁' Fri ends ▁of ▁Tim othy ▁Le ary ' ▁sought ▁to ▁soft en ▁impress ions ▁of ▁the ▁F BI