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Surreptitious Entries Black Bag Jobs — Part 2

101 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Feb 1, 1972 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Surreptitious Entries Black Bag Jobs · 101 pages OCR'd
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Aw } QUESTION: Sir, would you say that the Cubans who burglarized Nanial Plehercacte nevahiateriaetta vafFfian cehanta ane OLE et ole Bid hel Nee te - Mey wits evs ee GB Whew SAL AL ‘have been convicted then since they thought that they were on a national security mission? They didn't intend to violate any laws. That was their testimony. = ANSWER: I have no judgment insofar as that because my province is in presenting the facts and for the review and determination by the courts and if such a a ee ee 2 ee ca a Poe. | fees on to give. them any sanctuary. I'm trying to keep in f . 4H 4NLGLenee was made it was not AHL Wy WE 7 the area of our facts and that particular thing as a me ee i, ogg Bre Pr to whether or not they had any intent or whether or not it is a viable defense is up to the courts. QUESTION: | Mr. Kelley, did you twice mention that you expect some resolution to this question in the courts? How is it going to get into the courts? ANSWER: I don't know. It possibly will be some sort of a @efense, rather some sort of a presentation to the courts by the Attorney General. He has indicated that perhaps this being a Constitutional question-- it being a matter of the executive privilege of the presidential power--that it might well be necessary to have such a review to determine. VESTION: k Were all of these break-ins conducted with the permission of either the Attorney General or the . President at the time? Or were there any that were , ° conducted without such approval? ANSWER: I cannot, at this point, give you any particulars - about the program. I just say, as I did before, a and this.... . QUESTION: . Because you don't know or because you're withholding comment? * ANSWER: - I'm withholding comment. QUESTION: , Mr. Kelley, I'm still unclear about distinction between break-ins before 1966 and afterward. Is the reduction in number the only change that was made or was there change in the limitations on the targets , that were used? . ee - e 5 ed There was a change insofar as the targets just being - in the subsequent area confined to those matters which ’ Were concerned in foreign counterintelligence. a eee owe a t “2. ag e7 OTD eee ete ee, oo ea rie fie iid Ta ;
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