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Westbrook made his comments to TIME Correspondent Joseph N. Boyce, who found the linguist living in a small apartment house near the Berkeley campus. The drapes were drawn, the door was double-latched, and on the kitchen table was an electronic device that Westbrook said could be used to alert the police.
Westbrook had good reason to be holed up. On the same tape with Patty Hearst's latest message was a warning from Cinque that the S.L.A. had named three persons "to be shot on sight" as "enemies of the people." One of the three was Westbrook. The other two: Robyn Steiner, a white girl who used to live with the S.L.A.'s Russell Little; and Chris Thompson, a black resident of Berkeley, who knew several members of the S.L.A. but denies ever having joined.
Westbrook felt that he was marked for execution "because I'm a threat in general to the S.L.A. I know quite a bit about them. I can analyze their moods and see through them." He admitted that he had detailed information about the S.L.A. and that he had talked about the organization to the Oakland police and the FBI.
As the tense week drew to a close, the Hearsts were left to ponder the implications of some final words from Cinque's taped message. "There is no further need," Cinque said, "to discuss the release of the prisoner since the prisoner is now a comrade and fighter for the people's freedom. Therefore there is no further basis for negotiation since the subject may leave whenever she feels that she wishes to do so. This operation is hereby terminated."