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we 5 te nat tattle st Seb Lact cE eth taht Santa nei = ‘ cant lita nines nine cnet ni NT el eas ara a a RE, Se ne oo etn eset mentale Pt ets e Nag | * "ow So FBC March 29, 1982 . Ronald Reagan, President > The White House R ECE | VE D 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 APR 2 0 1982 QUISIDE SOURCE OL, CBCU Dear Mr. President: Portahie esrerce Ro, ABO CA It grieves me to write this type of letter to you, but 1 feel 1! must. — ! am appalled that the people who are supposed to enforce the law are flagrantly violating the exact laws that they are supposed to be enforcing. Just the other day, March 25, 1982, an FBI agent grabbed an attache case from a citizen in Chicago. This agent committed a forcible felony theft under the guise of gaining evidence for a non-forcible crime of copying videotapes. How can the FBI justify this type of action??? In a second incident only a few days prior to the above mentioned one; a Chicago police officer under indictment caught an FBI informant with an illegal wire-tap. This is ILLEGAL by both Illinois and Federal law. With twelve days to go before the policeman's trial, why does the FBI and the U.S. Attorney feel it necessary to gain information by these devious means? Don't they have . a solid case? If a regular citizen were to be caught with an illegal wire-tap, he would have an extremely difficult time proving himself innocent. Why is the FBI above the law? Is the police officer being unjustly charged just for the publicity and just so some agent can show enough street activity to keep his job? As the ABSCAM case showed, anybody can be tricked into committing crimesy if enough money is offered, even senators can be tricked into committing technical violations of the law. What right do Federal agents have to use these coercive measures? Are they immune to the law? Were the Federal laws and regulations made for everybody but Federal agents? Why must all other citizens strictly obey Federal, State, and loca] laws and regulations, but FBI agencs_and other special agents of the Government are excused from obeying them? ae The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms is another agency which seems.“ to be detrimental to its existence. Do we need an agency to control abuses of ~~” alcohol and tobacco that barely exist? The third arm--firearms--seems to be7—~ the only thing the agency tries to enforce. But enforce what? Most violations are covered at a State level very adequately. So what happens. These agents create crime by entrapping honest citizens into committing technical violations. Can any of the Agency's investigations show where they help society? Are they ,, just hurting citizens for being gun collectors?—- / (, > 7 ? ole i — a What should be proud agencies of the Federal government have, for years, been weapons used against honest citizens to suppress injustices, coerce Innocent people Into illegal acts, and harrass common middle-class citizens into a state of fear zgainst the Government and bewilderment that a Government for the common person is now so against him. — T MAY 24 1982 — } AEE UR NN RE II ET AO EAL SET A A TS OO ED SE ETE NE ATE SN IETE TOE TPR ETA SOP RIE Serena teem ye A Og way ot