During his tenure in the Weather Underground, Alan was part of a plot to blow up The Institute. They had a man on the inside, some black dude who’s brother was a Panther. This was back in the early 70s. The Weathermen determined that the Institute was using animal testing, was likely a puppet of the government and a front for MKUltra-style experimentation. They weren’t completely incorrect.
Nonetheless, the first attempt in 1970 to plant a fertiliser bomb in the basement failed in its early stages when the Volkswagen Beetle used to transport the device refused to start. Some of the more conspiracy-minded Marxists among the group immediately suspected government interference, but Alan was more pragmatic – the car was just shit.
The next tactic was to get Alan inside, and to use his powers of clairvoyance and remote viewing to determine the true nature of the Institute’s work, and the best part of the sprawling complex to hit with explosives.
Of course, as the records show, as soon as Alan was plugged into a General Magic unit, his third eye snapped shut and any powers he may have had became subsumed in the wider protocol. The mission was aborted, and the Weathermen bombed The Pentagon instead.