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Judge William Webster
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I appla ud your actions in the so called "Abscam" operations,and am sure the results will be a deterrant which will influence
§the attitude of our Federal legislators for the betterment of
four country. I
I am motivated to write this letter by the fact that the
{Senate proposes an investigation of the F.B.I. based on the
f them reffered to a . frequest of a convicted criminal whom some o
ga courageous hero!
The Senate should have had to complete it's censure/expuls' fa.-proceedings regardless of Senator Williams resignation so that
vt we the public would know if they represented gs or their ownjinterests, as was being demonstrated by Senator Cranston. They@f =O
sure got of the hook by Williams resignation!
1 Please keep up the good work, this countrie's biggest pro-
2 blem is the duplicity of our elected representatives and theE
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MY CONTENTION, BASED UPON MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE,IS THAT A WELL .
EXECUTED, MAJOR FEDERAL INVESTIGATION SUCH AS THE ABSCAM WAS LONG
OVERDUE, PARTICULARLY IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. '
SINCE I FEEL THAT THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE A
COMMENDED RATHER THAN INVESTIGATED RY CONGRESS I WISH TO REDRESS MY
GRIEVANCE BEFORE ALL CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS RELATED T0 THE ABSCAM
INVESTIGATION. I EXPECT THAT A PANEL OF EXPERTS WITH BROAD, DIVERSE
BACKGROUNDS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING FIELDS BE PRESENT
HEAR MY TESTIMONY. KINDLY ADVISE ME OF ALL THE DATES AND TIMES THAT ~92
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Director William H. Webster _
Senator Arlin Spector F-B-I- Building
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FBI.
If the FBI does not investigate corruption in high govern-
ment office, who will?
I don't know anybody who believes that the politicans
involved in Abscam were innocent victims, lured to their down-
fall by clever men. I believe that you should surveyyourconstituency before joining those politicans who may have ~
personal reasons for attempting to place themselves off-limits
to sting type operations. »
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rbster, director of the Federal
reau of Investigation, says the real
use revealed by the Abscam 9538311011 W85 n0t the bureausderco_v_er techniques but the political by persons who want
bnbe meinberS of Congress,
Webster said in an interview Fridayat _he hoped that Congress would tum.v attention to fund-raising after it
idles the FBl's conduct of Abscam.W_ebster's statements were his first>tailed response to the criticism of theFBI heardlast week as the Senate
debated whether to expel Sen. Harrison
A. Williams .ir., D-NJ. Williams wasconvicted of Abscam offenses butresigned before _a vote on eiqiulsioncouldbetaken. -Webster strongly defended ltheinvestigation,. which led to convictions
for seven members of Congress. lie
termed Abscam a service to thenation." ' - » - " '
"Weve been hearing so much '. i.hyperbole _ln~ the highly emotionalsituation this week, he said. It tendsto ignore the record that is in the court
on all of these cases for everyone to
review!, _ __ _,_~' 5 '_ ' I t" ' ~'..* --" ~.i= . " ' V._ --r ~ 1 3 V r - < ..t~='" » . . . __
.' ;~' -. .~-_- --i He compared the FBIs role "in the-Senate proceedings last week to that of a defendant without counsel during allof highly publicized charges." Hesaid he could provide the Senate with
answers to" the charges. Senatorsannounced after Williams resigned thatthey would investigate the FBl'soonductof Abscam. _ _ . ~
Webster said he hoped that one of theregular committees that oversees theFBI would do the investigating. Setting3 gaigecial committee would be unfair,
Once those hearings are completed,
Webster would like to see Congress-_ .~_; ._,1
examine what he called the gray are
in laws on campaign contributions. The real problem is the pervaseffort to corrupt congressmen throibogus campaign contributions in reti
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activity," he said. _Webster said that he wanted to li
his comments on Abscam to per
things to _co0l down. Respondingcriticism that Abscam was "sleaz
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supposed to be just that. it was based on being sleazy,said. The sleaziness in part prot
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them, he said.- Webster defended his decision for agents to offer abribe to Sen. Larry Pressler, R-S.D., despite theabsence of any evidence that Pressler had engaged inwrongdoing. - _ .Senators were particularly angered bymemorandum dated Nov. 7, 1979, in which Webster.permitted Pressler to be substituted at the last minutefor another member of Congress. Pressler refused totake 1... .1 35-" """"t it was offered., Webster said Friday that he had only about Illminutes to make the decision. "i had to make ajudgment call," Webster explained. "l could havesai , Don't let him come until we know more. Theywere saying it would arouse suspicion. _ 'W "So I said the system will protect him because ithas to be clear that it is a criminal purpose and . . . nomoney was to pass until a criminal representationwas made. . , YThis is the reason, Webster said, that he wrote ontothe 1979 memo, "Try to be sure this new senatorknows he is being paid bribed!." - ~ -Webster acknowledged that the targets oi theAbscam investigation were often in effect chosen byinfluence peddiers, who told undercover agents whichpoliticians would accept money. e -. We tried to confine it to those we had reason toS:92,l:nbster said he didn't think. his supervision of theinvestigation should have been expected to_turned upthese allegations.-And he noted that they might not be
tru .Webster emphatically denied acctmations bycolumnist Jack Anderson that the Justice Departmentd not pursued some oi those whose names came uphi
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suspect would engage in this kind of activity. in some -, cases that rested heavily on the reliability" of the themiddleman. - - -- _'l'he middleman had brought us p60ple'92Wh0 didthe'things we have seen on the tapes, and when hecalled and said, Mr. so-and-So would like to come,we would try to check to see what else we knew. Butwe thought that was a pretty good reason itself sincewe had these mechanisms to protect whoever came." Webster cited what he called a four-tier system "ofprotection against entrapment. __ . ~ -' . First, the bureau tried to make its offer sleazyenough that only those predisposed to crime would 8C¬-up*.. ' . - " e I '
f= Second, no payments were made until a criminalrepresenation was made." in other words, no- payments were made until the legislator agreed to usehisofficeforgain. ' »- _-'' =-Third, prosecutors monitored nearly all of themeetings as they occurred. if a bribe ofter were beinginane iiiiprop~..i,, .2». prosecutors could call theundercover agents to set them straight. . 'i
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during Abscam, possibly because of their rallegiance to President Jimmy Carter. .He said some of the criticism of his condutinvestigation was contradictory. We stopsoon. We stopped too late. We went after pe Ihad no business going alter. We did not go aftethat we should have gone after because of theand authority. Those statemey-§_§mP92Y
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cases that rested heavily on the reliability" of the the
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thefthingswe haveseen on the tapes, and whenhe
called and said, Mr. So-and-So would like to come}
wewouldtrytochecktoseewhatelseweknew. But
we thought that wasa pretty good reason itself since
we had these mechanisms to protect whoever came.
A Webster cited what he called a four-tier system of
protection against entrapment. _ . ~ - a
First, the bureau tried to make its offer sleazy
enough that only those predisposed to crime would
a t. A - ' _ " r?ceS:cond, no payments were made until a criminal
represenation was made." In other words, no
payments were made until the legislator agreed to usehisoff f ' ice or gain. ,
-~ Third, prosecutors monitored nearly, all of the i
meetings as they occurred. if a bribe offer were being
made improperly, the prosecutors could call the
undercover agents to set them straight. -
And finally," all the tapes involving members of
Congress were own to Washington and reviewed by
Webster and Justice Department officials.
So we had a lot of checls in the system," Webster
said._'l'he only alternative, he said, was not to do it atall
__ "l would not like to see these techniques - which
have application not only to public corruption but also
organized crime, to foreign coimterintelligence, to
drugs - not like to see them impaired by some over-.
cautionary requirement that we have to go into court
forawarrant." . -. . ~
Webster acknowledged that his supervision of the
Abscarn investigation did not uncover some
allegations of abuses now coming to light. For
example, he did not know that middleman Melvin
Weinberg had coached Williams on how to boast aboutbisinfluence. Q ' ' ' , "
'Webster_sald he was concerned when he learned
about the coaching incident. But he said that it had
occurred relatively early in the investigation and that
Weinberg had been instructed not to do it again.
He also noted that Williams testified at his criminal
trial, that Weinbergs coaching had not affected his
hehavioratthemeeting.
Webster said he had not known about allegations
that the undercover FBI agents had an improper
relationship with Weinberg. Those allegations were
made by Weinbergs wile in courtdocuments led in
Williams case. Mrs. Weinberg killed herself shortly
afterward-'.. .-. - '
She maintained that one agent had accepted gifts of
two fur coats from Weinberg. The agent has said the
coatswere collateral loraloan.~_-'_ .. .~ i -.- _ _,; _
And she said that Weinberg slipped away from FBI
resents was mush to risk up an illeaal payment for
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The Senates Etlziics Ordeal r
The United States Senate's long ordeal
over what to do about the misconduct of
Democratic Sen. Harrison Williams of New
Jersey has been ended by Mr. Williams
resignation from the Senate in the face of an
almost certain vote to expel him. Although
the resignation has spared senators the
unpleasant duty of expelling a colleague who
was convicted by a federal jury last May on
bribery and conspiracy charges, it has not
resolved the problem of what to do about the
questionable methods of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation. The l-Bl brought about the
conviction of Mr. Williams and six other
members of Congress through its so-alied
Abscam investigation, in which the
lawmakers were offered money and other
inducements to do political favors for
ctitious Arab sheilts.
0! highest immediate importance to the
Senate, however, was the task of dealing
with Mr. Williams conduct. Although Sen.
Williams steadfastly maintained that he had
violated neither the criminal law nor Senate
rules, the Senate Ethics Committee had
unanimously concluded that, apart from his
felony conviction, he had not abided by
proper standards of Senate conduct. And that
judgment was supported by the proven
acceptance by the senator of a personal
interest in a titanium mine that would have
benefitted from Senate activity that he had
promised an Abscam agent. That evidence
refuted Mr. Williams insistence through five
days of Senate debate that he had done
nothing worse than behave foolishly.Although Sen. Williams offered an
unpersuasive Senate defense and failed even
to apologize for his shabby conduct, he at
least performed the useful service of
exacting from the Senate a pledge to
investigate the FBls questionable technique
of setting traps baited with federal money to
ensnare officials who have not been accused
of crime. That practice, as we have said
before, raises serious questions of public
policy: How far should the FBI be allowed to
go in artificially creating temptation? Should
it be permitted at its own discretion to set up
shop in the lobbies ol Congress and offer
multimilllondollar payoffs to legislator-
targets of its own choosing? Might an
unscrupulous executive send FBI undercover
squads to entrap its enemies in Congress?
After Watergate, those questions are not
frivilous. They should concern any lawmaker
who cares about invasion of privacy,
entrapment and other potential abuses of the
FBls ~powe_r. That power, used
unscrupulously against the legislative
branch, could raise problems of intrusion
into thezconstitutional separation of powers.
A portent on the issue is evident in
Republican Sen. Larry Pr_esslers
advertising of the fact that the FBI sent him
a letter exonerating him of misconduct in the
Abscam affair. Must certification of honesty
"by the FBI now be regarded as a badge of
acceptability? However the Williams case,
comes out on appeal through the courts, the
issues raised by it will remain to be
examined and resolved by Congress.
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Mr. William H. Webster
Dir. FBI
9th and Pennsylvania AvenueWashington, D. C. 20535, a :='1. I. » I ._ ; I. ; 4 _.- = /' .-» " 5 " 1? / " V - Dear Sir: /;,;j,, A¬};irr £+ / 5 '
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We have had requests for information
as to the meaning of the letters in
the word ABSCAM. I have checked all
our sources in this library and have
checked with the office of
Congressman Don Baily but have been
unable to get the information.
Would it be possible to get this
information from your office?We would appreciate yourhelp. Thank //// 9292you. {;= 5
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Mrs. Catherine Kercheval
Greensburg Library
237 S. Penna. Avenue
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
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Dear Sir,
I am so proud, of you and your Staff, that I just had to take pen
in hand to interrupt your busy schedule.
I noticed in this morning's local newspaper, that the U.S. Senate
continues to live in fear, of a thing called "Abscam". _
It is my opinion that probably the greatest service your officehas rendered to this nation in my lifethne is this thing called
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If I might share ajthought with you Sir, I suspect that long / §R Qafter you and I are dead and gone, those male prostitutes in § § §§high office will continue to re-examine their moral values, ne r§ ?g,5;knowing whether or not they might be our next victimll Entra ent 1%;to me sounds like an educated word, like "Ooopsl I got caught th h
my hand in the cookie Jar".
If you have trouble understanding what I have said above, or it is
_ not coherent, it is because of my over-exuberance and happiness in
the function of your agency.
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of the meeting you attended with the phony
oil sheik, you should have left - never to
return. But no. You saw fit to continue this
undignifled activity, not once, or twice, but
on several occasions, and offer your positionand knfluence for monrey. _ . ugh Iow you're u t. on got ca ' t. say, Bully for the FEE: fab well done." This isthe only thingothat unts me: Since you
have been in ngress 23 years, how manyother opportunities similar to this one pre-
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Dear Mr. Presidents
I thought you would like to know that there are some of us in
this country who believe in our political system, and that the
morals of a politician are not suspect simply because he or she!
is a politician.
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quest to establish investigative ground rules for theiFBI's"
inquiries into political corruption.
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in particular, for making the public aware ofthe corruption involved, as well as bringing
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vi"we , ..lWELCOME BOIIIVAR VISITORS!
After the difficult winter months it is a
genuine pleasure to'esca'pe intothe'outdoors and
wander around this truly historic area. llany of
our visitors probably are not aware that this
area includes two small towns: Harpers Ferry and
Bolivar, sharing the same main street, postoffice,
fire and ambulance services, water, etc.
You mnst visit the Lower Village and enjoy
the restored portions maintained by the National
Park Service. But by all means drive up the big
hill and browse and shop among the many pleasant
other attractions. PLEAQE SEE OUR KP ON
ANOTHER PAGE. There are three points of entry -
onto Washington/High Street.
Antique shops, bank, barber shop, beauty
shop, dentist, art galleries, restaurants, hotels,
KOA campground, 9-ocery stores, auto repair and
wrecker service, gasoline stations, patchwork and
quilting supplies, pewtersmith, gift shops, etc.
Above all, we have some of the friendliest folks
you will meet anywhere.
So please come and visit
tell you where we are -us -- our map will
RELAXATION AMID CONSTANT VIGILANCE The city of Harpers Ferry, Va. has been the scene ofconsiderable conflict since the of the war, frequently changing hands as one side leaves and the lother takes over. The Federal forces, now in occupation of the area, have been constantly harassed bythe Rebel raiding parties from nearby areas. '
For Sale: LARGE COIIECTION OF GUT GLBS. Some
signed pieces. From a 25-year collection. The
AMERICAN KRIILIBNT PERIOD. Please contact and
see at BRADY'S ANTIQUE see our map!.
I I111 BUY old military items, postcards, letters,
old toys, almost anything old and smll. Please
call Stan Hadden, 535-2259.
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JOB PARSONS, THE MARYLAND KJY
I03 mI.lS'I'E! IN THE FIRST MARYLAND REGIMDIT.
and was plainly a "rough" originally. As we
passed along the hall we first saw him crouched
near an open window, lustily B11183-1'18 "I'll 5 13°15
soldier boy", and observing the broad bandage
over his eyes, I said:
wmmtus your ggne, lw good f8ll0I'l"
"Joe, sir," he answered, 'Uoe Parsons".
"And what is the matter with you?" »
131135, en-, blind as a bat."
"In battle?""Yes, at Antietam; both eyesgahot out at one
clip." Poor Joe was in the front at Antietam
creek, sud n ll!-L6 sell had passed directly .
thrcugh his eyes, across his face, destroying his
sight forever. He was but 80. years old, but he l
was as happy as a larkl
It is dreadful," I said.
"I'm very thankful I'm alive, sir. It B15111?
ml b§n ggrgg, y S60, 118 0O1l$l-Ilda And than
he told us his story:n1 "3 hit," he said, "and it knocked me d0ID~
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A PRAER FOR TODAY AND EVERYDAY
llay all men set aside prejudice and selfishness,
Md put their minds and efforts together
for a common cause
lhat will benefit all; one law for all men.
--Contributed by Ralph Stutler, Huntington.
HOW do you catch a unique cat?
Unique up on it!.
HOW do you catch a tame cat?
Do it the tame way!.
"I SEIPPSE YOU HEARD OF TI-IE BEAT VICTORY
we gained here a few days ago. me steamer Vir-
ginia opened the Blockade at the mouth of the
James River. She went down in the evening whith
several others and sunk the Cumberland E Con-
gress. Ia set fire to the Cumberland and the pow-
der mgazine exploded about 12 o'clock in the
night. the Virginia to. . . . Ie could see the
whole action from where we are camped. . . . some
300 prisoners our loss was 20 killed It wounded.
. . . Sand your letters to me in care of Capt.
Prouffe, Co. "B", 5th La. Regt, Iilliamsburg, Va."
---Kbove are excerpts from letter written March
17, 1862 by soldier of famous Louisiana Tigers
Eays' Brigade!; can be bought at Red B111
Antiques see our map!.I H-IEYMBTHUNGERIKEROST
IHOIlII.R'O'1'IORK D11-EAT.
5'0 DREAM of dandelions, if gathered, is ominous;
to see a large bed of them indicates you have
man! new enemies forming, if in love be sure your
sweetheart is playing false. O1? BEING IN THE
DARK and unable to find your way denotes thnt the
dreamer shall be blinded by some passion and much
. cabled. 01' DOCS, if they fawn and fondle upon
was renewed. I could stand the pain, yer :60.
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S0 I waited and listened; and at last I heard a
£91191 $!08!1in' beyond me.
"Hello!" says I.
"591_~1° Yourself," says he.
W10 Be yer? says I--a'rebel'.-"'
"Y9"-'1e a Yankee,' says he." "
" 's° I Hm Bays I- 'Ihat's the matter with
y° ?n .
" 'M~V l68's'smashed,' says he."
" _'@I!I1't yer walk?
" 'N°-' BBYB he. 'Can't yer see? I asked."
" 'Yes."
" 'Iell,' says I, you're a --- rebel, but
will you do me a little favor?"
" I I111, says he, sf I ken."
" Then I says: Hell, ole butternut, I can't
see nothin'. Iy eyes is knocked out; but I ken
walk. Come over yere. Let's git out 0' this. You
pint the way, an' I'll tote yer off the field on
my baok.'
" 'Bul1y for you,'
"And so we managed- - 901': PAR§CNS Continued from 1!
says he.
to git together. Ie shook
hands on it. I took a wink outen his canteen,
and he got onto my shoulders.
"I did the walkin' for both, an he did the
navigatin'. .in' ef he didn't make ma carry him
straight into a rebel colonel's tent, a mile
away, I'm a liar! Hows'ever the colonel came up,
an' says he, 'Ihar d'yer come from? who be yer?
I told him. He said I was done ferand couldn't
do no more shootin'; and he sent me over to our
lines. So, after three days, I came down here
with the wounded boys, where we're doin' Pretty
wall, all things considered."
"But you will never see the light again, my
poor fellow," I suggested, sympathetically.
"'Ihat's so," he answered glibly, "but I can't
help it, you notice. I did nv dooty -- got shot,
pop in the eye -- an' that's nw m1sfort'n, not
my fault -- as the old man said of his blind hoss.
"But -- I'm a bold soldier boy,' " he con-
tinued, chearily renewing his song; and we left
him in his singular merriment. ?oor, sightless,
unlucky, but stout-hearted Joe Parsons.
rrnssvmmcr J3 ma names BY
IHICI-I DIFFIGULTY IS ovmcoms.
RKBEI.OFFICH92KIILEJIN1IE!IGRE'EKSK1IH]SH
HZ-I GREEK, VA., Mar. 16, 1863--A brisk skir-
mish occurred here on March 14, in which one Gon-
federate officer was killled. The following re-
port was given of the incident: ~
"On Saturday night last, three Rebel soldiers
of Bradley '1'. Johnson's regiment, were discovered
at the stable of I. n. cm-smash, and after they
had succeeded in taking ierefrom the horses,
were followed and fired on by two home guardsmen.
"After a spirited engagement or about 20 min-
utes the two citizens recovered the horses, kill-
ing a Lieut. Joseph G. I. Marriott, and severely,
if not mortally, wounding the other two. liar-
riott was interred in the church graveyard near
the scene of the action, where his friends may
find his body if desired."
N _-- Take juicy and mellow
peaches: Peel, stone, and s1"1eeth'em: then put
them'i.n'a'deeppie pla'te'li.ned with'the'undér '
over the top; cover with a rather thick crust,
and bake nearly an hD'|Il't
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HIE F THREEIORDS in the Preamble to the g
u. s. Gonstitutionare: ~ns','.rssPzo1>1.s .
The Constitution also states: "All legis-
lative powers herein granted" are given only
by the people.
Yet, our Congress repeatedly ignores the
Constitution and sets rules of conduct for its
club members . . . rules that enable a member
of Congress to steal or do anything also that
he/she wants . . . and go soot free.
FDR DISTANCE--Sen. Telmadge took $35,000
from his office expenses and expects to be rich-
er by $'IO0,000. He said "I did nothing wrong."
Congressman Richard Hanna took more than
$200,000, admitted his guilt, and drew suspended
sentence, of 6 to 30 months.
Congressman Diggs was convicted on ll counts
of mail fraudand 18 counts of making false of-
ficial statements in a $60,000 kickback schenn.
He was re-elected to Congress. V
HOWEVER--two youths stole fifty cents from
a college student; they drew 2% to 7 years jail.
A woman citizen ate two strawberries in a sup-
ermarket and was sentenced to 6 montha' proba-
tion and to work in the county park progam.
Sen. Iilliams, most recently convicted by a
jury OF OITIZDS and sentenced to jail in the
Abscam exposure, was actually honored by his
fellow members of Congress: I find that to be
unbelievable and despicable! WORSE, the Senate
now is raising all manner of Gain and clamors
for their own investigation of the FBI. Senators Iclaim they make their own rules . . . forget- ff
ting that "IE THE PEOPLE" grantvthem power.
I personally deny Congress the right to
claim innrunity from laws that I and mine mnst
live by. I deny Congress the right to prohibit
the FBI from looking into their activities. The
Senator who said "it might happen to more of us"
spoke the'truth . . .'but"I strongly favor_the
FBI catching more of the r'asc'a1s.' I a'sk'my
Senators and Congi'essman' to desist from such in-
vestigation and to provide more money for FBI.
The men and women of the FBI place their
lives, daily, on the line to uphold the consti-
tution and to protect all citizens lives and 5
rights. Those members of congress who now seek J
to prevent investigations of their own wrong- .j
doings have, in my opinion, placed themselves 1'
above the laws under which I live. They have thus
violated MY constitutional rights -- and I call 5
upon any who will join in the mighty effort to
insist that the E31 be instructed and financed
to force Congress to live under our ONE LAW...
the same law governing all citizens. _..i. ii
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an-y led by R. I. Baylor attacked twolfederal
scouting parties yesterday near here and nearsmithfield, resulting m brief eneasemnts 111
both places. . -
or the fighting, Brig. cen. B. r. Kelley resported: "Yesterday about 1 pas. _a squad or R- I-
Bgylqp-'5 cavalry attacked a small scouting part?
of the ltth Pa Cavalry from Kearneysville, of 18
mm, near Smithfield, kill-11118 1. M19188 3» 8115
capturing 4 man and several horses. About 4 p.m.
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Reference: The "Abscam" scandal
Dear Sir:
I read with incredulity in my local newspaper, your quoted
statement that U.S. citizens want the FBI to continue with
these types of operations! You must be receiving your feed-
back from your own staff! That is not my opinion or the
opinion of, I believe, the majority of us mid-westerners.
As a matter of fact, I have yet to speak to anyone in my
sizeable circle of acquaintances, who supports the FBI's
amoral, if not illegal, Abscam activities.
I hasten to add, however, that this is not in defense of
shady Congressmen! Rather, it is simply to point out what
should be a fairly obvious fact. That the proper and in-
tended role of the Federal Bureau of Investigation should
be exactly what its name implies - the investigation of
federal crimes, ngt manufacturing crimes in order to entrap
citizens! ~
As I have indicated to my three Congressional representatives
via a copy of this letter, if you actually do entertain the
mistaken asumption that Abscam was a proper function of your
organization; then, perhaps, we should change the FBI lo;- V
---- -"grams to FBMCE Federal Bureau of Manufactured Crimes ~ ¢,/
Entrapment!!
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G! ed These types of operations and the fuzéy thinking of s <..~ -5 éy intelligent people who espouse them, absolutely horrify me
I/or it is diametrically opposed to our American ideals of I
justice and fair play! 414 ,»-L/-» L0% gs -/ f/$4! é-/ - V/pa!we must not allow them c ntinue, for the implicati s
inherent for all of us in this travesty are frightenif
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2. Senator Nancy L. Kassebaum
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The Honorable Robert Dole
United States Senatqr - Kansas _
Washington, D.C. 20510
_ Reference: The "Abscam" scandal.
Dear sir:
Please find enclosed a copy of a letter that.I have just
mailed to Mr. William Webster, Director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. It accurately expresses my opin-
ion as to the improper role of the FBI in these types of
. operations Abscam!. ' 4
Manufacturing crimes is not the proper or intended role of
a federal investigating agency! If Congressmen are subject
to trial and conviction of FBI manufactured crimes; then,
conversely, using identical logic, FBI agents involved shouldbe subject to trial and conviction for the attempted bribery
of Congressmen! Both ideas are asinine!
These amoral, if not illegal, FBI operations must be discon-
Atinued, the questionable integrity of a minority of C0nPPess. men notwithstanding!
' Yours truly, 920/kp A
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ZMr. William H. Webster
Director
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I read in the paper today that you have nade a statenent that the FBI
will continue investigations such as the recent Abscam. I agree with
you wholeheartedly and think that any public official who associates
with the type of people you had in the Abscam plots should be pro-secuted fully. I would encourage you and the FBI to continue thg-;,i.r--excellent work in this field to protect the taxpayers from di onest 92
officials in Washington and elsewhere.
Thank you for all your good work in this area.
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Mr. William H. Webster
Director of FBI
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Washington, D.C. 20535oursxm-: souncz
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Dear Mr. Webster:
I read in today's Miami Herald of your answer to the criticism raised
by Senator Cranston with respect to the ABSCAM situation. I hasten to
tell you that, in my opinion, the overwhelming majority of Americans
agree with the FBI's conduct, role and enormous dedication. I, frankly,
think that Senator Cranston was way out of line and that he really and
truly owes the FBI an apology. I thought his conduct and that of Senator
Inouye was thoughtless and inappropriate.
I recall hearing you make a speech in Phoenix, Arizona, a couple of years
ago dealing with the FBI's work. I was enormously impressed and greatly
pleased, and as a citizen and taxpayer and a lawyer, I want to thank you
on behalf of my family and myself for doing a fine job. You are appreciated
and I am glad that you spoke up. "7Good luck.
Sincerely, H
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to rite and further repudiation in my
mind of his belief that no chargesshould he exposed to the light of pub-
lic scrutiny until "the law _has pur-
sued its course.- The latte is not legulisms. The
issue is the morality ot those whom
we choose to represent us. while we
live under the best system of govern-ment yet devised by man. it is tarfrom perfect. being oi the people"
who. though possibly created in God'simage, are not yet god-like in theiractions. -
This includes the cadre of lawyers
who already wield far too much sway
over our activities. That some ot
them are estimable gentlemen is not
to be denied. Unfortunately, however,the converse is also true oi a goodly
number who are devoted not to jus-
tice and equality but to legalisms.Legalisms such as entrapment which argue less for morality than for
circumvention of the intent of the law
and the ultimate good of the public as
a whole. Thus. we cannot afford to
consign the fate of our country solely
to the jurists. _-»~_.-_._. _ _ If I _
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_' OUR G092'E|l!92'.92lENT is one of
checks and balances. In addition to
the three branches of government
rst conceived by the founding ta-
thers, we have a tottrth. the treepress. to protect us from the other
three. We need input trom all. as
eaeh.in itsclf and by itself, is imper-
fect. To deny the media access to
events as they occur is to seriouslyimpair the system of checks and bal-
ances which muke us a nation el ,the
frees! people on this earth. _
|, Whatever was behind the prema-
ture rcvelation of the Abst-am investi-
the puhlics disttdvantage except inso-
far that fewer have been implicatedthan would otherwise have been the
case. Even with television tapes in
hand showing subjects in flagrantcdelicto, those individuals will in-all
likelihood merely find themselves
clevc" lawyers. cry entrapment. and
get oft with little more th.-in censure
trot» their m92lr~:92out~s, not nt92t'css:|92'ih
for their actions pcr so hut rather for
their stupidity in not being more so-
phisticattetf in their r:t.~'c:tlit_v.Wilhotlt the ot-r:tsinn:tI_ ullteitill-served by the supcrficiality of themedia, we are even more ill-servedby those tor whom the law is their
livelihood. The law in this country ispresently so for divorced from justiceand equality that were we to await
the results of secret legal process
virtually every individual withenough funds to ~buy' legal talent
clever enough to find sulficient prece-
dents hinting at infringements upon
his legal rights would escape dueprocess and the public would neverknow of those instances in which jus-
tice was sacrificed upon the altar of
technicalities.Our nation would be even more in
tht-all to the machinations of attor-
neys whose dedication is too infre-
quently to what is right, preferring
rather clever loopholes with which to
seek exoneration tor those of their
clients capable of paying substantial
fees. -
Were this an ideal world in which
those tutored in the law were dedicat-
ed rst and foremost to the public
weal, I would grant that those sus-pected of misconduct should be shel-
tered lrom the sometimes ovet1eal-
ous. sometimes erroneous, sometimes
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ill-conceived tr-porting oi current
events by the media.
But the press. despite its manyshortcomings, remains our ultimate
recourse, in part because the legalsystem is not_ serving us well enough.
l agree that the revelation ot Ah-
scam "has a destructive potential ten
times that ot.92Vatei-gate." Why then
do we hear little more of it! Miglit it
he because the majority of legislators
are themselves lawyers well skilled in
tinessing their'ewnkind;.' _ _
. tA IIUE AND CRY hasiarisen,
especially in incestuous Washington.against the FBI when for once thatagency should have our gratitude for
truly acting to pleserve us against
the double standards which exist for
those who honor the old-fashionedmorality which is the bedrock of the
law and those who merely seek to
manipulate it for their own ends.
Cover-up was Nixon's game, agame which almost destroye 'ou _ '~
country. Granted the system w rke , ,
but would it have do so with t the _
prodding of the press? Those o
choose to live in the limelight should
not seek the shadow of legalisms to
protect any betrayal of public trust
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' - LOUISIANA' ml. .~ " ' April 22, 1982/II// " . W ,/Q! ~
Honorable William H. Webster
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. 20535
Dear Mr. Webster:
.I wish to congratulate you on the outstan
{by you and your department in the ABSCAM
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great service to our nation.
Continue the good work. {g
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United States Senators from Louisiana
Member, House of Representatives from 8th
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Washington, D. C.Dear Sir: /.4..'L'A_,//I-92___,, /KL C
Hooray! for Abscam, use it again whenever
possible. Senator Cranston should be reminded that
a Court, Jury and Judge found the defendents guilty!
The members of Congress are not above the law of
the land, therefor, a Blue Ribbon Committee ?! is
not needed to investigate a matter that has been legally
settled.
I commend you and your organization for fine work
and believe many other citizens like myself are behind
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President J immy Carter
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The White House
Dear Mr. President: ,
. I think that the White House has been cleansed by the WATERQATE supported by the
Washington Post! and the Capital u1iTh5§ been cieansedb the A8SCA supported by_;heFBI]. Though the judicial system also has to be cleansedllsee comments'from attached
i0 clips!, it canA»t be done by a lonely small man like me.
Since my petition for a writ of certiorari was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court
on i0/6/80, I have exhausted all my remedies within the courts or through other
channels. _
The Chief Justice has failed to keep his words as he said on ll/29/77 in London
see attached!.
After having carried on a one-man crusade for justice for almost I900 days, I
come to believe that I have to be one of many guys who go in with good intentions
and they got blasted a couple times and every decent thought they had is Gone", as
Mr. William Greider wrote on The Corrupt Politician: An American Perennial?"
Washington Post, I2/26/76!. _
It is not that I have lost confidence in the fight for justice, but perhaps I
don't know how to fight. After my letter of H/I/80 was sent to you, I received a I
letter of encouragement from Hr. Stephen Clark in the Dept. of Justice on 5/lb/80. I ;,
tried and tried as he instructed. Even though the facts and the law support my
position, no judge bothered to hear my case or to read my pleadings.
No en" **" fight a lonely war. Since you are the Commander-in-Chief not only for
the soldiers who fight enemies aboard, but also for the civilians who fight evils
here at home, I request your support. Through your support, the judicial system -
could also be cleansed.
As the Washington Post disclosed the WATERGATE findings and the FBI [exealed the
findings, so must you reveal the unjustlce suffered by men such as myself ABSCAM 7 _ .
I urge your support in persuit of "a more pure and more clean and more decent and
more honesty than almost all governments as you said at the CIA on 3/I6/78.
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from our elected representatives.
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to keep tabs on people in high office; but as your people proved
through Abscam, we have our imperfections.
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planted in Democratic Headquarters. At that
side to the other without it being heard by
Now Senator Cranston is upset when we catch
crooks from his side!
It is a deplorable fact that we now seem to
large segment of our journalistic, judicial
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iwere, probably, so many listening devices in Republi-can Headquarters you couldn't shift your gum from one ;
gressional members who seem to worry more about the _
criminal's rights than the welfare of society as a D
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wUnfortunately you have drawn a lot of criticism ofIyour methods of the investigation of this case.
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wasn't anything coy about them." '
I Through letters, the public has let the FBI
know that it wants the bureau-to continue investi-
gating corruption in high places. "The message is:Don't let anybody stop you, Webster said. -
In the Abscam probe, which resulted in the con-
victions of Democratic Sen. Harrison Williams of
New Jersey, who resigned his seat March ll, sixHouse members and 11 others, FBI agents posed as
representatives of a fictitious Arab "sheik who was
willing to pay cash for legislative favors, includinghelp in gaining permanent U.S. residency.
. Webster said he had been "necessarily con-
strained" until now in discussing the extraordinary
investigation. But with the completion of all the tri-als, and as House and Senate committees prepare
for inquiries into the Abscam methods, he said he
. now felt free totalk about the probe.
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._charge, which Cranston made during debate over
Williams proposed expulsion from the Senate, was
leveled "in a moment of rhetoric and emotion . . .
unsubstantiated by the actual facts." I
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ever conduct another undercover investigation of
congressmen that Webster said, "The answer is, wewill always follow our leads." _ _' Of the seven members of Congress, including Flor-
ida Rep. Richard Kelly, who were convicted of brib-
ery and other Abscam crimes, one member, Demo-'
cratic Rep. Michael Myers of Pennsylvania, was
expelled. Williams and Democratic Rep. Raymond
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same undercover methods again, if necessary. _,-1 With rmness and occasionally some heat, Web-ster declared that "we will always follow our.leac_ls.
And he dismissed allegations that the investigation,
which resulted in the conviction of seven members
of _Congress on bribery and other charges, somehow
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chief and former federal judge offered point-by.-point
replies to criticism of Abscam by Democratic Sen.
Alan Cranston of California and other legislators.
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; WASHINGTON - Breaking a long, self-imposed
silence, l-Bl Director William Webster has strongly
_de_fended the FBI's controversial Abscam investiga-
tion and has made it clear that he would use the
same undercover methods again, if necessary. "
'_' With rmness and occasionally some heat, Web-
ster declared that "we will always follow our leads.
'And he dismissed allegations that the investigation,
lwhich resulted in the conviction-of seven members
_of_Congress on bribery'_and other charges, somehow
trapped innocent men. 1
During a 90-minute interview in his office, the FBI
chief and former federal judge offered point-by-point
replies to criticism ofAbscam by Democratic Sen.
Alan Cranston of California and other legislators. _Q In response to the questions, Webster said:
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tigations because that _is
.what it takes to catchthe -.
A "guilty. "Abscam was pur- ,
ifposely sleazy so that no
1 ione would stick around it, .
wanted to deal with slea-
zy people," he said. - ._ -
I Abscam did not set
out to investigate_mem-
bersof Congress but in-
stead began as an attempt
to catch art-thieves. As
-the inquiry developed, itmoved into other areas wuuam w°b3°'
andcongressmen walked into the net. "We did not
select any congressmen,'_' Webster said. "They wereself-selected." -i " - ' ' 1 ~ = ' - _-','
I Anyone who listens to the FBI tapes of meet-
ings between public officials and undercover agents
will leam the extent of the corruption. . 1 f '
"if you hear those tapes, you get some idea of hdw
blatantly corrupt those discussions were. There
wasnltan ' ._ , _ ,1 '7'
V", ' hrough_letters, the public has let the FB-
gating corruption in high places. "The _message is;
. Dont let anybody stop you, ;Webster said. ' _ Q
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victions of Democratic Sen; Harrison Williams of
New Jersey, who resigned his seat March 11, sii
_I-louse members and ll others, FBI agents posed a§_
representatives of a ctitious Arab sheik who was
fwilling to pay cash for legislative favors, including
help in gaining permanent U.S. residency. ,s
_ Webster said he had been necessarily con- 7
strained" until now in discussing the extraordinary
investigation. But with the completion of all the tri-
,, Webster hotly rejected Cranstons contention that
_Abscam ran "totally out of control." He said the
charge, which Cranston made during, debate ov_er
Williams proposed expulsion from the Senate,
leveled "in a moment of-rhetoric and emotion
unsubstantiated by the actual facts. - , .1
" it was when he was asked whether the FBI would;
ever conduct another undercover investigation ofj
congressmen that Webster said, "The answer is, wei
will always follow our leads!. . . ' 4 , L;LOf the seven members of Congress, including Flor;
ida Rep. Richard Kelly, who were convicted of bribq
ery and other Abscam crimes, one member, Demo§_-'cratic Rep. Michael Myers of Pennsylvania, wagf
. expelled. Williams and Democratic Rep. Raymon '
Lederer of Pennsylvania resigned under threat of ex-
pulsion and the others were defeated for "re-election. "
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Mr. William Webster, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
I J. Edgar Hoover Building our pWashington, D.C. SIDE souacih
Dear Mr. Webster:
I recently read your response to criticism of the F.B.I.
activities in the Abscam investigations. You mentioned in
your response that through letters the public has let you
know that they approved of the investigations and that they
want you to continue to investigate corruption in high places.
I want you to know that my family and I completely support
your investigations, and want you to continue them. Your re-
sponse was superb, you are right on target. Keep up the goodywork. - ft//, .
We also want to thank you and your agency for your dedicaé '
tion and duty to our country under sometimes very difficult anddangerous circumstances. J
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