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- —_ “t . * ° , ° | = : ~ - a ae, Cotas ie an a find it more than coincidental that many of the best legal minds join many political thinkers and writers of both liberal and conservative persuasions in being terribly upset at the Bureau's behavior in this case. None are condoning ‘the alleged actions of public officials but that ig not the primary issue here. The reputation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is at stake. We had thought (re “we are above the law" and the character assassination programs of the latter Hoover days, illustrated by the director's vendettas against such people as Dr. |: _ , Martin Luther King, Jr., were over and gone, Is our F.B.I. returning to that ‘triumphal era? If so, fair-minded, thinking citizens eommitted to United States. jleonstitutional democracy must judge that the Bureau is again becoming one of the * more serious threats to our national security and Genocrasys ” ley ae pa rr es » ad we |r hope ny fears are unduly exaggerated. The reputation of the Federal Bureau of oe \\Tnvestigation and the Department of Justice are at Stake, I would appreciate “ hatever you can tell me to explain what has happened and to assure ne, with” specifié and. concrete actions rather than glib, general words, that the Bureau , 8 going to operate within the legal and judtetar restraints of ¢ our American - , AL _leonst stutional democratic systen,. : Very truly yours, ces: Director William H. Webster Federal Bureau of Tnveet igat ton _Mashington, D. C.- " Senator Tnerdann, W4 ‘lens. “ Senate Office Building Washington, 1 D. Cc. * ON me REE TL EET FEL oe ES RE I OE ET I EL ET, OT EN Te EG EI TS re 8 8