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Oral history of N. Ireland strife raises dilemma

Boston College is facing a crisis that's both moral and legal. The school collected an oral history of the vicious war between Irish Protestants and Catholics -- a history that includes many confessions of murder.

 

Boston College promised to keep the confessions secret, but now those secrets may now be exposed with potentially violent consequences. CBS News Mark Phillips reports on the complications involved.

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