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ekly Bulltin that the ruguiations were c.nstitatlenal, apparuntly tecause of the F3t insistence that its sourc.s of intormntion nld dry up ii nanes of the informers becune 75369 known. Asserting ti:in was "a aere seculation", but assunirg its truth for purpcses Jof argwnent, t.s Court :hn answered "nc" to rhetter the existence of a system or secret inrornurs was so vjtall. iportant thet it nust be preserved even though t denies due Irccess to in'ividnals. Said tLerCourt: nIt msy te asnunsd tiat this deterninatin will remove from the investigative agencies, to e: o dagrse, a scrtain kind of information and that, in the future, auhcrti3. I is wnbelievabio thut the result will prevent aole cfficinls ir Chios aoggns segounse asayn gey, an,gog s! ?t Atoans gry crnral cr.ns. Jhving country shail be donied that handicap thth. 3 Indsed, it may well lo thst in which has alvays ceen sonsiderea their birthright. the long run nothing.but teneficial results will come from a lessening of sucn taletearing. It is a mattor cf puolic record thut the somewhat comparable security risk prcgram directed at government emplcyees has teen used to victimize perfectly. innccent ren. The chjective cf parpetuating a doubtful system of secret inrcrmers likely to baar wpn the innccent as well as upon the guilty and carrying so high a degree of unfairness to the merchant seanan invoived canrot justify an aetandon- ment here of the ancient standards of dve prccess.". The Court expressed its fear that if these regulations couldbe sustained, a security prosrsn right te set up with the sane denial of dus process affecting even a larger grssy of citizens, such as railroad workers, cperators oi transportation facilities, al, Adnitting the pcssibility that our system of ccnstitutional rights may rot hcld its yr. against aalevolent totalitarians, the Court stated: "It nay be pensitle that we have reached an age wien our systen of constitu- ticnai fresd and individual rishts cannot hold its own against those who, under totalitarian jirirline sre prep:rsi to inriltrate not only our public service, but our civilin employments as well.. waterfront, poison in our water systers, and send in all impcrtact industrial machir.es. "But the timo has not ccme when we have to abar.don a system of literty for one 3uch a systen was not that oraaired by the modeled on that of the Cornanists. u.ploydn on woms aue em dagget eug sy aI. ucgarihggtg ano Jo saaneay Comnentirg cn the important decision, Aclu executive director. Patrick liurphy Malin said: "This decisicn row confirua what the Aclu told the Coest Guard sone years ago, ci.g .r i. doas not rcide ti.a quection which the U. 3. Sprone the r to c:css-yzor.iarion in secarity proceed.ns. ".e Parler ats: ials solely with the person who is privately enpicyed, but wil dt reyeres pn .rint to cross-ozanire in othr w.od Aans y se yns qd e or c Am I for thse in a plants who have acces to classified govsmnent data."