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ABSCAM — Part 3

76 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Feb 21, 1980 · Broad topic: Organized Crime · Topic: ABSCAM · 76 pages OCR'd
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DIRECTOR, —FEDESAD-EUREAU—OF-TNVESTIORTION. WASHINGICN D.C, (a) SUBJECT: SUPPORT FOR THE RECENT ABSCA e : —— a on (THIS LETTER 1S WRITTEN TO LET YOU KNORR AN OVERWHELMING ~~ [RROCRITY CF CITIZENS APPROVE UF YOUR OCCASIONAL EFFORTS 10 CHECK THE J INTEGRETY OF QUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, I REFER TG THE RECENT FBI PROBE~ [OPERATION WHEREIN (ALLEGEDLY) EIGHT OF QUR CONGRESSMEN ACCEPTED BRIBES © BN FEI-AGENT“<5*THE AGENT WAS PUSING AS” SUMEUNE SEEKING SPECIAL iPAVCRS FROM CONGRESS, IT IS SCRROWFUL THAT HUMAN NAIVURE FOSTERS WEAKNESS ‘IN CUR OFFICIALS AnD IT IS BASICALLY UNDESIKABLE TO HAVE COVERT ACTLON TPECTED AT CURSELVES RATHER THAN AT OUR EXTERNAL EWEN IESS*“BUT RK CERTAIN | awcuNa EVIDENTLY SEEMS ‘TO BE MECESSARY, | “EXEGUIED EY THE FEI. soe CCURSE SC FIES-OF-UNFAIR-ENTPRPMENT-WILL-BE-FERRD-FROW—TNE—WILI—IN-DEFENSE— | OF THESE KEPRESENTATIVES; KOWEVER, ENTRAPMENT JS GREATLY OVERSHADOWED AS BN ISSUE IN TRIS CASE, THE PRFEVAILING ISSUES ARE HONOSTY, TRUST, HON. TTCOCE-JUDGEVENT—CN-THE -PART-OF OUR-LECIELATORS. THAT -SUCH-ELECTED-OF “ Vwourp RISK LOSING THEIR POSITIONS==-POSITICNS CBTAINED. THROUGH GREAT “JANE COSTe*<*FCK TAINTED MONEY PRESENTS A MYSTERY TO ALL, AND THE ACT TR FERECHAL AFFRONT TO ME-AND BY FAMIEY. SUCH PCOR-CUDCEMENT ANDRE DK ‘PEFSCNAL DECISICNS INDICATE THAT POOK JUDGEMENT MAY ALSO BE EXERCISE ‘THESE MEN CN MATTERS THAT AFFECT ME ANC MY COUNTRY, “wast OF ‘LS REALIZE ‘THAT MEMBERS OF CONGRESE (HOUSE AND SENAT " |TENETED ANC TRIED BY MANY FACTIONS IN CUR SOCIETY, IT £% ———OCCRSTONAL FET PROBES ®TLE HELP OUR -CUNGRE 0 hy - REPRESENTATIVES WILL WUNDER IF AN OFFERED BRIBE OR Ef ‘REAL THING GR JUST A BAITED PROBE. IF THE BAIT 1s JjaNt PAINFUL EPISODES OF WATERGATE AND KOREAGATE. HAVE “CAULION AND RESTRAINT ON SUCK MATTERS 1N WASHINGTON, .. ~ (I UNCERSTAND THE RAMIFICATIONS OF SECRET POLICE ACTION AS DESCRIBED BY ALEXANDER SCHLZENIJTSYN IN HIS EXCELLENT BOCKS (E.G.,GULAG ARCHAPELAGO)? [HOWEVER I FEEL THAT THE NATURE OF OUR SOCIETY With PERMIT SUCH-AS—THE- J, ABSCAM OPER DTION WITHOUT UNDESIRABLE se PRESENTED: JKEEP UP THE GCCD WORK!!! GQPPOSING ARGUKENIS BY NICK TRIMMESCH (NATLONAL | SYNDICATE WRITER, NEWS VIRGINIAN NEWSPAPER, WAYNESBOR 80), ARE SHALLOW “AND—INEFFE THE. ne LE | KENNETH ROBINSON wt Soll eeasieican ieneatanen Abemneneeneneenianenninamenennameneaal
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