A cikin 1972, Byck ya fara fama da matsanancin damuwa bayan matarsa ta sake shi kuma bayan da ya fuskanci rashin nasarar aiki. Saboda bakin ciki, ya yarda da kansa a cikin wani asibiti, inda ya zauna har tsawon watanni biyu. Byck ya fara yin imani da cewa gwamnatin Nixon tana yin rikici don zalunta matalauta.Byck ya fara zuwa sanarwa na asirin sirri a 1972, lokacin da ya yi barazana ga Nixon, wanda ya yi fushi tun lokacin da Ƙananan Kasuwancin Kasuwanci ya ƙi shi don bashi. Byck kuma ya aika da rikodin rikodi ga wasu mutane daban-daban ciki har da masanin kimiyya Jonas Salk, Sanata Abraham Ribicoff na Connecticut, da kuma mawaki Leonard Bernstein; kuma ya yi ƙoƙari ya shiga cikin Black Panthers. Duk da haka, Asirin Sirri ya yi la'akari da Byck ya zama marar lahani, kuma babu wani mataki da aka ɗauka a wannan lokacin Tambaya: Mene ne Byck yake ƙoƙarin yi?
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