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| @ 8 e Abner Joseph Mikva Central Intelligence Agency; Office of Personnel Management; Administrative Office of the United States Courts; Federal Election Commission (FEC) ; Federal Records Center - Military Branch, St. Louis, Missouri; Public Integrity Section and appropriate United States Attorneys, Department of Justice; Illinois State Board of Elections; United States Secret Service; and the White House Office. Records of the FEC, Washington, D.C., disclosed that on November 22, 1978, the FEC opened a Matter Under Review concerning Mr. Mikva. The complainant, the National Right to Work Committee, alleged that Mr. Mikva and his principal campaign committee exceeded the $5,000 contribution limitation by accepting $17,000 from various union political action committees "controlled by the AFL-CIO." The FEC found no violations and the matter was closed on December 19, 1978. Searches of the various indices of the FBI, including but not limited to the central index maintained at FBI Headquarters, the index of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division (checked by name only), the indices of appropriate field offices and other appropriate computer data bases, did not identify any documents that contain pertinent information identifiable with Mr. Mikva or his close relatives, except the following: Mr. Mikva was the subject of a background investigation” conducted by the FBI in 1979 in connection with his appointment as a United States Court of Appeals judge. During the course of that investigation, over 100 individuals were interviewed and provided favorable comments concerning Mr. Mikva. One professional associate stated that Mr. Mikva had not displayed a high degree of common sense (not further explained) and also opined that Mr. Mikva had not demonstrated equal justice, as Mr. Mikva supports the segment of society that makes no contribution to society as a whole. He did not believe Mr. Mikva possessed the necessary temperament and legal experience to be a United States Court of Appeals judge. A second professional associate would not recommend Mr. Mikva 7