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el 7 “Ronald Reagan | | White House i Washington, D.c, 20500 | September 11, 1981 DET er rare ees Ronald Reagan White House Washington, D.C. 7 sesso - Bear Reagan iY @ besponse ke Hbsaam When the recent episode occurred when the Superintendant of Police arrested the F.B.I. "Sting man", I thought that it was quite amusing and "serve the F.B.I. right". Since then, however, I have. had the opportunity to sit back and reflect on the ethics on what the Federal Bureau Of Investigation has done and I feel that this is basically wrong. That is to say, the entire "sting" or i "Abscam" is morally wrong and therefore not justifiable. I am certain that it is a very fine point in law that we are dealing ' with in the case of the Bridgeport Police Superintendant and as to whether or not he was actually being bribed. We harken back only a few years to President Nixon and his administration where they would bend only more than a few laws in attempting to "protect the national defense". With this, as we all recollect, they justified wire taps, break-ins, etc. etc. My premise is that in almost anyone the possibility of being set fe up for a "scam" is ever present and as with many of these people I get the feeling all the time that the flesh is weak, although the | spirit may be quite strong. I consider myself to be a decent, honest and law abiding tax paying citizen, but I must admit that i if someone came up to me and waved $50,000 under my nose, if I would vote a certain way on a certain bill being presented in Congress that I would be similiary tempted to take it. The difference between a"scam operation"and entrapment are very fine and certainly my mind is not complex enough to separate these out. I think the F.B.I. and other govermental agencies that 426 Bnvoived in these operations be give new directives and new motivation// Certainly the vast and lucrative drug trade that we have flying our-borders, wrecking our youth and laying waste to tens of thousands of minds and bodies is vastly more important than proving that several perm and representatives are after all, flesh wih We ke NT TION fick + GO -1h ‘ Taf pooct”" 1981 | SEP SO 1981 - 43,/— — wa See CO q Vor al popes os deleetldead aL Riatnth aici Siete Sieoer ade nae aa olic ni eaten Coebatataiadeiiadiatas ieee) th tna eld Meee een i PN I EN ee