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QUESTION: | ee ee QULBSTIUN: a Mr. Kelley, earlier you spoke of the advantages and limitations of hindsight. After having examined the records of the break-ins and O ious activity, you F -” i bserved that you thought it was well intentioned, I believe, in most cases. Did you also observe that thore was any gross misuse of authority in the process of that? I do not note in these activities any gross misuse of authori I see a consistent thread of vell-intentioned activities. Perhaps now in the present society, and in the context of now and in those times. I do not fee] that it was a corruption of the trust that has been placed in us: As now we have det ined that perhaps could be wrong, but in those days there was no intention to engage in activities which were prohibited, illegal, or otherwise wrong. ' Mr. Kelley, why wouldn't an act like the bugging of Martin Luther King's hotel room have been a betrayal of trust? These Agents took an oath under the Constitution and that was prohibited by Federal law at that time. | There have been a number of articles written about this situation. In reviewing this situation, I feel that the authority stemmed from the proper source. It was a matter which was construed in those times as of considerable concern to the country, and the FBI acted - 4n accordance with the request which was made that it be installed. -21-) . °