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were finanting cow munists wi() Bobby's fricnd, Joha F. Reilly, ment, who arranged to have Otto ¢ mpka’s telephone tapped illegally and who alleged|§Smmitted perjury wher he testified before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee and waa therefore forced to resign. He ae never croseeuted for mete he hie Peiand Tinhhee 6 SSVer (PGeST Ewe We Peasy wy Sie SSE GOS but was actually gives another eushy government job. Bobby, who was taking his advice and, perhaps, orders, from important leftists, had decided that Lyadoa Johnson, thea Vice President, should act be allowed another term ia office. Since it was - desired that I.BJ should be replaced by amore accept- able maa, reportedly Arthur Goldberg, Bobby under- took to discredit LBJ with the investigation of the Ditte Gal Batee and Rahhe Dalae rnacae Thasasa scandalous cases were to be used to prevent LBJ from receiving the Vice-Presidential renomination. The assassination of Joha F. Kennedy, however, upset all these plans. LBJ was now the President of the United States, in a position to remove Bobby which he did with as much speed as protocol allowed. - After the assassination of JFK, Bobby found fRimself in the position of being under the very man ho had ent nut te dectenw While Bohhe wee Attasnow ac DSS S20 OUl SF GEsioy. wails GOooGy was SuUoney General it is no secret that there was bad blood between John Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, and himself. NEWSWEEK magazine of December 26, 1966, stated: "For years the bad blood ran silent and deep between Robert F. Kennedy and J. Edgar Hoover with only an issue to turn their cold war ow” J. Edgar Hoover had refused to allow the FBI teh hasan jee nlenad enme nf the mnttcee that “ eCGie iMivovea iff stile GB We Males wiakb Bobby, as Attomey General, wanted to handle. How- ever, Bobby had a special detail of men working under hia direct supervision and had a nationwide Private detective agency wader confidential con- tract. This agency had contracts with other govern- ment departments and was used to put in eavesdrop- ping devices where the FBI would not allow themselves to become involved. This private agency has offices in a number of large cities and was especially active ian the South. Their wiretapping activities became so widespread that Congressmen, Senators, news- Dapermen and many patriotic govenment employees had reason ta believe that their telephones were tapped. Not only did Bobby Kennedy know of the FRI wiretaps which were used in national security and major crime cases, but he aleo knew of the wide- spread use of these practices by the Internal Reve- nue Service, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Treasery Department, the Post Office Department and other government agencies whose activities have been brought to light by Sena- tor Long’s Committee. In a frantic effort to preserve his public image, Bobby has made the serious mis- take of trying to slyift the blame for his own actions - run for the Presideacy in 1968 but will wait for 1972. following the usual Kennedy family strategy of always over to the Fe Edgar Hoover, who has served ander maay prtgfaents and Attorneys General since 1924, is sot onge: allow his department to be dis— credited. This wc\ have to be a fight to the finish. y ’ That Bobby has his eye on the presidency is well known. LBJ outmaneuvered him at the 1964 Convention and wany think that Bobby will have to wait until 1972 but others advance reasons that he — will try for 1968. The publication, WASHINGTON OBSERVER, states in its December 30, 1966 issue: “Incidentally Bobby claims that he will not make a However, sources close to him say that he is merely | aiming at two targets simultaneously and, at the last et eee enna snl be eee oe Li hbo lik BYE peitig Svcypatu ww weasse = Zeal esine decision to hit the target which is most opportune. “One thing needling Bobby to make his stab at the top job early is his wife, Ethel. When she found out about his romance with the late Marilyn Monroe, she threatened to divorce him. Bobby has been oa his good behavior ever since, realizing that adivarce would kill hia political ambitions.” . By some coincidence the sama date this story reached the public, the residence and laboratory of Bernard B. Spindel, a nationally known wiretapping expert, were raided by police on charges of illegal eavesdropping. The WORLD JOURNAL TRIBUNE reported on December 18, 1966, ‘‘The entire nine- hour police raid on the upstate home of one of 28 eavesdropping experte indicted Thursday was itself recorded on the expert’s own equipment, the World Journal Tribune was told yesterday....... Bernard B. “7°: Spindel, a nationally known electronica security ‘i. consultant, did the bugging as an eight-man team of : state police and officiala from the office of FrankS. Hogan, New York district attorney, searched his - 7. home and laboratory at Kent Township in Putnam : ¢.... County...... -‘There was no need for the search war =) rant. This was a fishing expedition. They wanted . : - to find out exactly what we have and they must have gone through 6,000 pieces of paper before they left : about 3:30 p.m.,” said Spindel.** On Wednesday, December Zi, 1966, the N.Y. TIMES reported that Spindel had asked the N.Y. State Supreme Court to force the District Attorney to return hundreds of itema allegedly seized in the raids. The TIMES stated, “‘In an affidavit submitted to the court, Bernard Spinde| asserted that some of | the seized material contained ‘tapes and evidence ne concerning circumstances surrounding and causes 7; of death of Marilyn Monroe, which strongly suggests if that the officially reported circumstances of her demise are erroneous.’ "* . . | ae eae tet ape «waar all, cannes ad sem al Is addition to the reference to Mies Monroe ia the Spindel affidavit, there was also a statement that some of the seized material contained am original j tape recording of a conversation takes im & car: {owned and operated by Mr. Spindel) betreea Ro