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oom Weinberg, himself, has not written a book, but did cooperate with one Robert Greene, who published a book . ' 23/ . in April 1981 about Weinberg and Abscam. Since Weinberg is not a federal employee, his conduct cannot be controlled “directly. It may be, as defendants contend, that Weinberg surreptitiously obtained from FBI files copies of some of the photographs appearing in Greene's book. There is no evidence; however, that the FBI or anyone from the Depart- ment of Justice assisted him in that activity. Most impor- tant, defendants have failed to show that Weinberg's coopera- tion with Greene in any way infringed any right of the defendants, all of whom were tried and convicted before the book was published. In fact, the Greene book project | may have actually assisted defendants, for they used informa- tion in Greene's outline for the book as a basis for cross- examining Weinberg at trial and information taken directly from the book in an attempt to bolster their arguments. on these motions. “The problems presented by allegations that Puccio agreed to author or co-author a book are different. Puccio was head of the Eastern District Strike Force all during Abscam, and he was the highest "line" agent of the justice department with direct, daily supervision of Abscam. He also prosecuted all three of the cases now under considera- tion as well as Senator Harrison Williams and Alexander