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SS] r a ™ Telson __ Boardman \ Nichols _ Security Sieve — Belmont —_.___ Glavin tf it is frue that Alfred Kohlberg has obtained Harbo : and turned aver to Senate investigators “hundreds Rosen ( of FBL reports’ af Federal Ioyaliy cases, the ine Tamm | fornal security of the United Siales has been Tracy breached in a most flagrant and scandalous way. Mohr. In a letter to Senaler Watkins, Mr. Kohlberg af- Winterrowd firmed that he had done this and that his conduct Tele, Room “therefore rescimbles one of the charges against Holloman Senator McCarthy.” And Senator McCarthy's coun- Miss Gandy sel, Edward B. Williams, tald newsmen that the source of Me. Kohibere’s material was Miriam de Haas. a former examiner fer the Civil Service by Lovally Review Board. Mr, Kohiberg’s possession ah of such classified material would constitute a clear ORE tions of law-abiding American cilizens and a crip. pling impairment of the efficacy of the FBI. Mr. iKohlberg’s effrontery in boasting of a crime is matched only by his presumplnousness in pretend- ing that this criminality makes Senator McCarthy's \ possession of similar material less criminal. J. Edgar Hoover said long ago in testimony he- fore a Senate commilire that FRY invesigaiive reports ‘do not consist of proved information’ alone... One report may afflege crimes of a most despicable sort, and the truth er faisity of these charges may not emerge until several reports are studied. furlher investigations made, and the wheat violation af the law, a grave threat to the repula- ULS f bs separated from the chaff." The possession of such I , reports hy unauthorized persons tTuns the risk of Nee mee \ é a disclosing FB! investigating techniques and con- 1 & - ena fidential sources: it runs the risk also that the in- Ge fy ra. formation, or misinformation, in these reports will \ _ be used for purposes of extortion and blackmail by — ~s unscrupulous individuals. ee 3670 / Furthermore, the FBI depends. in part, for the >} Je information it obtains on its pledge to hold it in siriet confidence. This is why it has consistently declined to make its reports available to congres- sional committees. But informants can have little | | faith in the FB! if they know that the information , FRE fhey give is falling into the hands of Alfred Kohl- fi ts oh berg and anybody else te whom he chooses fo make var } iy : “ il available. The vaunted canfidenlialily of FBI re- {/ | ports becomes a mere myth if their contents can JO be broadcast in this manner. The inilial responsi- } f bility for the leakage in this case seems to rest Vs ‘Wash. Post and squarely with the Civil Service Commission. itd} Ti Herald Mr. Kohlherg’s disclosure presents the Depart- [4 ~ imes feta f° _Taonl of Justice with two imperative obligations. Wash. News One is to siff this scandal relentlessly and prosecute Wash. Star those responsible for breaking the jaw. The other . com _— is to revise Ihe distribution of FBR Teper and N. Y. Herald Tribune Sook OU » | sip @ Security system thal scems lo be operating N.Y. Mirror like a Sieve, _ / a“ . +} Date: £ a= a nee on, AN Deer TE RET TEE