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ww 2 There was no doubt in my mind then, and none now, that twas being leaked te me for the purpose of discrediting Dr/ oo. king. o‘her cities, with other newsmen. WW And it doesn’t take much imagination to figure out why. Dr. King and Hoover had engaged in a furious public quar- rel. Hoover, quite clearly, did not like Dr. King. That's why I suggest the FBI hasn’t given an adequate ex- ~ planation. . If the wiretapping was being done for national security, I presume that it should have been kept a big secret. Secret? How much of a secret was it if a newspaper col- ummist in Chicago knew of the eavesdropping? Or if a for- mer agent — a private citizen — could talk about it? (For the record, the ex-agent was not a two-bit gumshoe given to flights of fancy. He was then a well known ard highly respected investigator. He is today a famous ard powerful man.) AND 1S THE PURPOSE OF SUCH official eavesdropping to gather spite material, transom-peeking tidbits that will be whispered in the ears of opinion-makers? That, of course, is the greatest danger from Big Brother and his big ear. { that’s what Dr. King's file was used for, then T’ll glacily. setond Rowan’s suggestion that Hoover he replaced. e scandal-sheet business should be left to private indus / ee Ce The same type of thing, 1 have since learned, occurred ir |