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I was appalled to read of the dismissal of criminal
charges against former Representative Richard Kellyby United States District Judie William Bryant.?R- . - *7.->1" '1"~ ..-___. q;_,__ £;»1¥v'_42,, _.-.. ._. ...-..-.41 ..__ ____ .-. ..Y7" :.f_<.'..,|_..,_; _ J-*-fg§.9E*"» -¢.-.i= :.'.- __" .;~
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f" ~.PPS: I enclose two leaflets which ought to interest you
if youvzill consider that there is a very fine line ,
which defines whore government has no right to interfere. ~
That line is defined in preference to the First Amendment
and not by any other considerations.
- This school does mt
consider ne a friend. I am forbidden to enter its cazzpus.
However, when I came out of the coma in October 1980 it
was a BLACK preacher from this school vrhrb-_.had been regarf
ly visiting me in the hospital. That is som _discrii'1inati;
isn't it? He was the only preacher who regularly visited
me and brought a Bible with him to read to me. is_ would you
please tell me who is to decide what religious convictions =
a person has a right to hold and practice? Did it ever
occur to you that one's practice is inevitably the out-
ward reflection by action of their religious convictions?
there is IIO O'IHTR WAY. ,Any belief which isnot practiced
is not a belief. -_ .~
_ .'.'hen,did the Constitution ever permit a '-
governzrzent body to decide what is the rigght of a person
to believe/practice? Did it ever occur to you that vrithoui
the L¬'-if of God there has never been any basis ifor any law
which is just? All of the legal systems of history have
refelcted God's lain to the direct degree in rrhic:h God
was able to operate thru that government. " Every govern- 1
ment which rebelled against the Godly principles folded '
and it shall ever be. God never changes and he alone
has a STM"-IDARD which is reliable light-
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might I suggest that you get yourself a Bible and begin
with all seriousness to find out what law is and ho"-1' it
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which you are reflecting is most vile, How then can it
produce GOOD? , . ~
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law and good government by your present course of actions. =50
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I read of your letters encouragzhig you to keen cleaningthings up and not to let anyone stop you. This letter
is all for cleaning things up but there is aright -ray
and e wrong way.5
There never was a 112.11 who could not be edged into wrongdoing one vriy or another. You surely lozow that and ii
you do not you are in the ":.*ron@ job.
If bribery is 92rro11g, it is Wrong for governvnent to use it
or cause it to stop ft. There are and always have been
better ways than you are using. Anyone can :Lmp'.1gn a
men's character. You ought to be enco raging people
to do what it right, not tricking them into wrongdoing.
Pe1"ha:pS I do not malce Ir-_ysel;Z' clear. ABSCA1-i is not onlyunésner-ice.n, but it is ungodly and -wrong all the .'1'£.}f_ J
euro-and.You have the credit oi bringing the 1-Ietionand its agencies to an all time 'I_OW, Sirs /,f-" 1' 'r'~ r" " '_ *//»[v/"' _l
Perhaps »'I0'*.2lU. >e well for you to reconsider some
of those who have gone on before you "doing their
thing" and justifying it, only to pet it in the neck
before they were brought d0-T11 in p".:..>1.ic
judfgement.I am sure you must 1o1o'v:Q aJ§'§'cl;1c§95Z'ind
all linds oi people who will encourage you to do ,;Qurthing the way you want, but what Ul' EHe 'H55;:e11d5us_ consequenees-::- - - -to YOU? And the I-Eat-ion?
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. Dear Sir:
Owsxnz scum};
I couldn't read the entire article about the "U.S. judge"
92 who threw out the Abscam conviction. It made me too angry.
angrier I got. I decided to write the jackass!
crooks any way and every way possible. Especially the crooked
sons-of-bitches who were elected to represent the public and are
supposed to be Trustees. _ ,, I I, I/; ./' 7'4Representative Richard Kelley probably wasp t recruitedfrom a seminary", but more than likely, he was{an<att9rney whocouldn't make it in private practice. He was/greedy/enough tobe willing to accept a bribe. He was caught and-he should paythe penalty. JLIOI Lkajcjik ig _ !./Li _/ fJ p_ _M,
It is meat-headed judges like you who don't penalize the
criminals that are the main cause of the great increase in the
crime rate.j It is too bad you got your seat for life and that
the public can't throw your ass off.the bench you
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I support your fresh image and new
emphasis on 92':hiteco1l;_r crime at the
FBI I00 percent p 11150 And Abscam wasfan extreord;Lno.r'.Y example oi Q, very fair{end ganstitutional method of achieving
these-Kaila goals.
lllowever, in regard to Judge 92§:i.lliaI11
Bryant's recent ruling on fomor Rep-
.Ke-lly R-Fla-!, I really feel like
making; a special trip to Judge Bryentis
your superior overview of ;;B,_°.C1,M'5over-all thrust th;1,t appeared in theApril I9,I982 issue of The Los gngclee
.~Timcs ;-Vbig smile!. But on 3 serious
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Abscam Probe Carefully Handled
This gets around to Ahscam and crooked
membersol Congress and the handling of thefj]
investigation. but let us begin with Diogenes.
. _ Diogenes is no longer
withus, alas.
He was the first
cynic. That is, he was the
founder, in the fourth cen-
tury B.C., of what came to
be known as the sect of the
Cynics. There are good
stories about him, some no
doubt apocryphal. He sup-pgosedly asked only onen of Alexander the _
Great, that the ruler of '9292
much of the known world -
at the time please stand out of his light. He was
sold into slavery once and was asked what his
trade was. Governing men, was the reply. He got
to Athens once and Aristotle made reference to
him. l-fis nickname was The Dog." He was known
as a man of wit whose specialty was the espousing
of conventional wisdorns, to the occasional discom-
fort of the establishment of his day.
The best known story about Diogenes, apocry-phal or not, was that he sometimes went abroad in
the land even in daylight with a lantern in his
hand "in search of an honest man. " .
The FBI, with its Ahscam operation, went in
' the 0 posite direction, in search of dishonesty.' There was no lantern, but there was a phony
sheik, an FBI informant, who seemed prepared to
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'_'7"""'?!7'"Veq:~1lF1<17""5""-" _'_'m~"_" '§" "'¢'1' ~ - - /»<w_,._..-+r- - =1 ~ _-.,;:=-=e,»~~1-~e--~-,..~. J...-we .. 'I~'7 r "Feoffer thousands of dollars to members of Congress
for special favors.
You can't swindle an honest fellow, the old
saw goes, only someone who is peedy enough to
think he is sw-indling you._ _ .
'f'hat,inbrief,isthentoryoftheFBIAb
team invstigation. .
ltcomestornindbecauseofacoupleof
things. One judge has overturned one of tbe Ab-
scam convictions, on the basis that somehow the
whole thing was improper. Two former staffers in
the US. attorney: office in Newark, NJ. Ed-
ward Plaza and Robert Weir Jr. - testified to the
House Judiciary subcommittee that they believed
the FBI had behaved improperly in pursuing
members of Congress on that Abscarn front
Now, there are I couple of things that need
to be said. »
First, a question of lmpro'per't¬t.ion by the
FBI should be a proper arena of careful scrutiny.
The very notion, as the implication has lt, that any
law-enforcement agmcy is somehow t.tr:scmpu-lmslyytrying to entrap anybody menger of Gon-gras or not! is genuinely outrageous t the facts
be known. The judge: decision in the one case will
be examined carefully and no doubt appealed.
Second, let us also examine for a moment
what we are actually talking about.
Members of Congrss are a pretty sophisti-
cated hunch when it comm to political money.
They also understand that there is a clear distinc-
tion between campaign contributions and funny-
money payoffs Just about any member of Con-
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ll-l§CU.'3.$.U.KElgresswilling to hold out his hand for a bribe.
unhappily, can find someone willing to pay a bribe
for this favor or that. .
Yet there is nothing ambiguous about the dif-
ference, say a campaign contribution from some-
one who indeed may ask a favor and a straight
payoff for some improper action.
The FBI Abscam invstigation was handled
with careful regard for these considerations. No-
body got a congressman drunk, or put a gun to
anyone: head, or anything remotely of that na-
ture, in order to ask something improper. The
members of Conga-es who offered to take the
bucks did just that; they offered to take moneys in
a clear context of being willing to do something
they otherwise would not do. Cash money, mind
you, not anything likely to be reported for tars or
on any campaign list of contributions. .
What we are talking about is not a hard dis-
tioction to make. US. District Judge George C
Pratt, incidentally, examined the objections raised
by ktr. Plaza and Mr. Weir when he upheld seven
Ahscam convictions last year. The judge observed
that these two had acted almost to obstruct the
investigation, that they were apparently iealousf
to use the judge's word, of the people heading the
federal strike force running Abscam.
Let that be. The real point is that there is a
differ-eoce'betwe-en the crooks in public office and
the great majority, the honst ones who probably
have their own money problems but don't take
bribes. lt is a brutal cruelty even to pretend there
is no distinction
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Senator Charles McC. Mathias
U.S. Senate, -'7 wash ington, D.C. °'UT51pE'5Uu.5a!C*// _//' , Dear Senator Mathias:
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IThe selection of yourself to head the investigation of Abscam -
suggests that the inquiry wi be both adequate and fair. Nothingdone in Government should e/bf such a nature that it cannot ;_bear the full light of dayu//0U/¢/ 5' ?K:»;5h/g //L; /J/g;[V -4' _-*' -'__ _"'____ _ _ __'____/'__ ,_,_______.___.~. - ........ . ......,...---_.-.-f»---1 -I L,/,.
I was in Florida when Judge Bryant's ruling in the Kelly case
became known; the press reaction in both Miami and Orlando was
1 noticeably mixed. - '
It may have been entrap ment even though this defense did not
prevail in the earlier cases but whether legally entrapment or
not, the FBI served the public interest in revealing that there
were people in the Congress so venal, or stupid, as to be caught
up in a situation such as that. .0
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l 92continue. ' ~&Cy592 So I commend the FBI and recommend that this type of invest?gation
_ _It will, of course, be of interest to learn how the particular -Members came to be involved; there must be more behind the /
"selection" than has thus far an ear d. _ , » I /P 5 //;_/*;i¢4.»/ ~<5<>
As I have written in previous letters urging expulsion, The
Congress is the organ of Government in which many place their
highest trust. To undermine that confidence is a most serious
disservice to the Nation. Any Member whether legally guilty
or not who is so lacking in judgment as to become involved~rn""="
predicaments such as were filmed in Abscam, is totally unfit
to be a part of that Body. 9 JUN 21 B82 _
I urge the Congress to continue surveillance of its~Nembess- -QHEK
whatever manner may be most effective. And when found wanting
as with those identified by Abscam, I would suggest they not be
allowed to resign but that they be ushered formally and offi--~
cially to the eastern portico and there be firmly and publically'
pushed out onto the street. _ _ -- »-- »- T So
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I am against the overturn of Senator Kelly's coviction.
If Senator Kelly is allowed to go free because
undercover agent was used in ABSCAM, then all
the convictions of dope smugglers and welfare frauds
who accepted money or goods from undercover agentsshould have their convictions overturned,At4L;;{4,d,,u,4H%¢éi
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Dear Sir, V - ȴ
I agree with the enclosed article and I'm sure the
whole nation wonders why a Federal Judge turned the entire
procedure into a mockery. This Judge seems to favor the wrong-
doers. t We and the Teacher-- Nurse C1ub~ believe and we quote
John Mengo...." The Justice Department has no recourse but to
appeal Judge Brya.nt"s decisions" We ask, Should not this Judge
be removed from the Bench?Does this! not create more wrongdoers?
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I was comgletely dismayed by U.S. District Court
Judge William ryants recent decision to overturn the-
Abscam guilt of former Rep. Richard Kelly R-Fla.!. -
After all the convictions of other political figures in -
Abscam trials, this federal judge has opened a new can
of worms for the defense attorneys who are involved inappeals for their clients. In other words, if Kelly and his
co orts are granted new trials, based on the disclaimer
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based on videotapes. What more do we need to convince
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they have nothing to fear. But when they reach out for
dirty money, from any source, and stuff it into their
pockets, they deserve to be stung.
The Justice Department has no recourse but to ap-peal Judge Bryant's decision. . i
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1} WASHINGTON A federal district judgeyester-day overturned the Abscam conviction of former Rep.Richard Kelly, saying that the government had us_ed_ outrageous" techniques to induce the congressman_into accepting a $25,000 bribe. * - "
- ' Judge William B. Bryantrsaid that agents of the. Federal Bureau of investigation should have stoppedimportuning Kelly after he had rejected their initial"bribe offers. Instead, the judge said, they persisted inapplying pressure to the Florida Republican until hefinally accepted the cash and stuffed .it_int0 hispockets. ~ _' ,' _ The government, in effect, was "testing thevirtue"-of Kelly when there was no reason to suspect
had exceeded the _outer limits of fundamental, fairness." 1" " .-.. 7 .1 ' . '
i_ j -fLaw enforcement exceeds its bounds_ when it' manufactures crime and creates criminals,"_the judge
said in his 25-page opinionif w ._ Bryant granted Kelly's request for a judgment ofacquittal, overruling the guilty verdict returned by ajury on Jan. 26, 1981. Kelly had been convicted ofbribery and conspiracy after a seven-week trial. Hewas the only Republican among the seven members of- Congress convicted on charges arising from the FBlsinvestigation of political corruption.1 . . . ' _
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May 17, A1982, _ 1 _
The President _ ' ; THE PRESIDENT
ne White House 0 oursmr: souncz THE wuma HOUSEashington, D.C. 2050 _ WASHINGTON, mo. 20500;
92 ,92 gt ~-~~,------~*-"""""""*' Dear Mr. President: <DPqbHC. Rcspgngg Re ,b!¢,qm
It was with shock and dismay that I read that U.S. District
Judge William Bryant threw out the Abscam bribery conviction of
former Representative Richard Kelly. Mr. Kelly's statement that
the FBI took "advantage of a Congressman in trouble financially"
is beyond belief. It seems to me that just because Mr. Kelly was
"in trouble financially" does not excuse him from accepting a
bribe from whatever source. By his actions, it is clear that Mr.
Kelly is a crook and would have taken money from any bribe-payer
no matter what the source. It Just happens, thankfully so, that =
the bribe was offered by the FBI and they were able to expose the
dishonest congressman.
Mr. Kelly seems to say that it is all right to take a bribe
as long as you have turned it down twice. The judge, who
apparently agrees with Mr. Kelly, makes a mockery of the Judicial
system in the United States and leaves the door open for anyone,
whetherit bean official ofthe government ora private citizen, ,_9292to accept illegal money if they are financially in trouble. Ié// l 92this type of Justice is allowed to continue, I believe that th /H Evalues which we were all instilled with will be destroyed and'thaL/' ;country will disintegrate along with them. It is important 929292 ? that Justice be served however we must have judges who will ,L_,///
uphold the law rather than make their own law by all wingcriminals who are obviously guilty go free. Q
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Mr. William Webster
DirectorFederal Bureau of Investigation C} /92 in ,~p ,jJ. Edgar Hoover Buildinq /,j /C; 92§ <;f.~ _=,Nw Washington, 1>.c. 20535 /! I, ~ ' "
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Please be advised that you have the wholehearted support
of this citizen with respect to any efforts you may make to
uncover any corruption in any branch of government. I
certainly hope the Justice Department will not relent in its
prosecution of the legislators caught by the Abscam investiga-
tion through whatever level of appeal is necessary.I Dear Mr. Webster.
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cc: The Honorable Jim Collins
The Honorable John Tower ~
The Honorable William French Smith
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WASHINGTON - The federal gov-
ernment is heading into court again to
deiend the legality of the FBI: famed
Abscam investigation aiter "a judge
overturned the conviction of a Florida
congressman caught in the corruption
probe. 92 '
. . District Judge William .
ts decision to tree former Rep.
Richard Kelly, R-Fia., does not directly
atiectthefateoitbeothervetormer
House members and former Sen. Harri-
son A. Williams Jr., D-N.J., who resign-
ed from the Senate March 11. The
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former Rep. Prank Thompson Jr. of
New Jersey say dismissal of the
charges against Kelly could help their
cases. _
Both lawyers said they would read
the decision carefully. -
We look forward to examining the
decision in the Kelly case because of
the many signicant issues raised by
Abscam," said Williams lawyer,
George Koelzer, in a statement releas-
ed through his New Jersey law ofce.
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Thompson on appeal, said he felt, "Ab-
scam is unraveling and I believe this is
a piece of the erosion of the prosecu-
mlvl
Government sources who preferred
not to be identied acknowledged that
Bryant's ruling that the FBIs investi-
gation bad exceeded both the 1ir:£'.:'. d
the law and the "concept oi fundamen-
tal iaimes" is bound to intensify criti-
cism ot the law enforcement agency.
Kelly's conviction in January 1981
on bribery and conspiracy charges at-
tracted particular attention because he
was the only Republican among the
seven lawmakers convicted and be-.,,i_.v.~._ .' ' e " '- '.=;~* -1
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RICHARD KELLY " 1
' Hated over conviction reversal
cause of the dramatic videotape, exhib-
itedathistriahshowinghimstutng
bribery money into his pockets. Anoth-
er singular aspect ot Kelly: case was
hisdetensethathewasinfactconduce
ing his own investigation of the bribery
scheme in which he was implicated.
Judge Bryant, who had presided at
the trial, conceded that he had been
"disappointed and chagrined at
watching Kelly shoving $100 bills into
his pockets. And he characterized
Kelly's defense as "bizarre" and "near-
ly farcical." He acted on his authority
to overturn a jury's guilty verdict.
Nevertheles, in a 5-page opinion
released yesterday, Bryant contended
th_atthegoalof testing thevirtueoimembers ot Congres appears to
have been the sole objective ot the Ab-
scam! operation."
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tnia, Thompson,
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WASHINGTON - There are many
weasely ways to slink away from a
perpetuation like ABSCAM, but the
FBI has taken none of them. Its stub-
born chief, William Webster. has of-
fered no apologies, no excuses. no{egrets over the FBIs undercover tac-|cs.' - e
On the contrary, he strode into a
House hearing room, head high, with
the aplomb of a man who moves
familiarly in a world of marble floors,
lofty ceilings and cut-glass
chandeliers. ABSCAM, he insisted,
had been carefully planned,
meticulously executed and strictly
controlled. .
The truth is that ABSCAM was slop-
py. sleazy and largely out of control
from start to finish. My associates
Jack Mitchell and Indy Badhwar have
reviewed the sworn testimony and
picked out the FBIs misstatements.Some examples: " = '
FICTION The FBI relied on the
likes of convicted swindler Mel
Weinberg and bagman Joseph
Silvestri to recruit politicians who
might take bribes. Webster swore that
the judgments of Weinberg were
carefully evaluated at high levels
before approval was given to go after
the unsuspecting politicians. .
FACT Undercover meetings with
public officials were often set up and
secretly videotaped, without the
Justice Department's approval. Not
until four to six weeks afterward,
would a proper authority usually see
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secution proposals. r ' .
On one occasion, Webster authorized
a last-minute substitution of victims.
Silvestri wanted to bring Sen. Larry
Pressler, R-S.D., to a clandestine
meeting and offer his a $30,000 bribe
that had been approved earlier for
Rep. William J. Hughes, D-N.J.
Neither legislator succumbed to the
FBIs siren song. _
FICTION - The ABSCAM in-
vestigators would not pursue members
of Congress, the FBI insisted, until
after» reasonable suspicion - of
wrongdoing was established.
FACT The ABSCAM agents con-
stantly misled the prosecutors by giv-
ing false information to justify their
investigations. For example, the in-
vestigators claimed that Sen. I-Iarrison
Williams, D-N.J., had already taken a
$100,000 bribe before he was targeted
for ABSCAM. This was a deliberate
FBI lie to allay the prosecutors con-
cern over the reasonable suspicion"_requirement. . -
FICTION _- The undercover ac-
tivities were closely monitored, swore
the FBI. Accurate transcripts sup-
posedly were kept of the informants
conversations to make sure they didnft
con the FBI or otherwise deceive.
- FACT - Great numbers of such con-
versations were never recorded. The
transcripts that were delivered to the
Justice Department often were out of
sequence and as much as I8 months
late. Weinberg and his FBI supervisor,
Tony Amoroso, were especially reluc-
tant to tape their conversations. In
several instances, transcripts were
falsified. -» ~
FICTION The FBI assured Con-
gress that undercover informants
were carefully screened to ensure
their reliability. They were allegedly
then given thorough instruction in
such legal areas as entrapment and
were kept under regular surveillance:9 make sure they didnt get out ofme. - - -
FACT Government officials ad-
mitted under oath that neither chief
prosecutor Thomas Puccio nor
Weinbergs FBI handlers knew what
the convicted swindler was doing or
even where he was at times. The top
1 faJustice Department official directly incharge of ABSCAM was neither brief-
ed about Weinbergs shadybackground nor shown a copy of his
voluminous criminal record. Mean-
while, the guileful Weinberg easilymanipulated his FBI watchdogs; they
had little control over him. _
FICTION - The FBI claimed its
safeguard policies" assured that
ABSCAM targets were fully aware of
the criminal nature of the undertak-
ings they were invited to join. No one
was to be brought to an undercovermeeting unless he was prepared, in
Webster's words, to make upfrontpromises that would violate their legal
trust." . - -
FAC'l< The FBI's own videotape
and transcripts reveal that Weinber
was assuring congressmen the;
wouldn't actually have to perform th~
acts they were supposedly takingmoney for doing. In some cases, it was
evident that the targets had no idea
what the undercover meeting was all
about. In other cases, the victims
clearly were seeking legitimate finan-cing. Then, as a precondition to the
loans, they were told to bring in somepoliticians. __ . » j = _
FICTION -The bureau was always
careful to protect innocent third par-
ties and would usually shut down an
operation if such persons were
threatened with irreparable financial
harm. ' . '
FACT Several respectable
businessmen were ruined when an FBI
con man roped them into a crooked
scam for his own profit. The FBI
learned of the swindle but lied to the
victims to keep the ABSCAM cover"_
from beingblown."-' 1 , I ~ p
FICTION Anyrespectable con-
gressman should have detected im-
mediately that the ABSCAM stingmen
were engaged in shady doings, the FBIcontends. - _ . ; »
FACT ' The FBI went to elaborate
lengths to create a legitimate front for
ABSCAM. A phony bank account was
even established at the prestigious
Chase Manhattan Bank, which
assured inquirers that the FBIs phony
sheik was worth millions.
.. United Feature Syndicate, Inc. _
speaking the pubhc mmdV ~,
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All kept silent _ - ~
Poor Richard Kelly is now a victim. Heshould sue the _FBl for teorgstlng him-5°?making a criminal of a g ol'co!181¢88-
man. _ _ -
U.S. District Judge William _Bryant has
thrown out the Jury ver<_i1¢t_ In l-be
conviction of Mr_. Kelly and dismissed
indictment. It IS "outrageous to thisEdge that a person of power should bempted.lt's not fair: how can the broth-
erhood of dece tion cover ug. claim f0f-getfulness. and! deny what is seen and
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heard? Where are the fun and games
when we see an absolute? Devious minds
do not know how to cope with absolutes.
How can we have a fair trial if there s no. i
defense? Throw it out! * _
Why did none of these lawmakers ap-
proached in the Abscam case notify law
enforcement officials immediately upon
being asked to use their government _
powers to aid a "client" for money? Do
they not consider this an attempt to sub- -vert the integrity of our democratic{>roc-
ess?lsthistoomuchtheusualor erof
the process-lobby contributions, speech
fees. free vacations, interest-free loans? '
This was not new ground. just new
friends, and thus the prudent caution. It
oes to rove again, Old friends are the
We have a law that obvious child abuse
must be reported by certain profession;als. Should not judges, wardens, lawyers,lice and especially those who enact rgws which govern the conduct of Ameri-
ca be held responsible to quickly report
any attempt to influence their judgment_and power with reward? - V
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Washington, D.CQZ! men"D S ' : '_. _ g h I T8Ch.S3f'-a. .1.ear Ir ' ~ -//-* - - ~ ---/ 3/'/1 Trai:!ng____..
Telephone Rm. _.=Please forgive me for forgetting your name, I am some mcn_c_ HTE . l'$v'3'.I: ix.l,_m what embarrassed about same.
The purpose of this letter is, however, to commend you * Ea
and your men on the fine job you all did on ABscam. I Q5
simply cannot see why Federal Judge Bryant, has exhoner-
2ated one man there, saying, "The F.B.I., had no business
in the matter". Who is this Judge to almost say in other
words that our shady representatzive are above the law.
Or to really prove that there are two standards of justice
in this country. We know there is, but must a Federal Judge
prove there is.
To permit these crooked representatives involved in the
ABscam incident to go free, would render our Constitution
invalid, basically because of the much refered to term, Taxa-
tion without Representation, can be overlooked for the very
people who are to uphold the laws, rather than simply get
rich on crooked schemes in office. The Judge in my opinion should
be involuntarily retired or just plain dismissed. His decision-wi§% only cause the convicted representatives to ask for a f
re al. In doing so, he will void what'the highest Law en-
forcement Agency in the country's fine image to say the least. -
Now, if the F.B.I., cannot be authorized to check on dishonest
representatives, then who should. These men represent the country.
The F.B.I., represents the upper most part of our judicial system.
Sir, if everyone in the country reads the Constitution, they
will learn that all U.S. Taxapayers are forced to violate the
5th Amendment, by incriminating themselves, due to our tax
system, we digested that. Now amendment #17, states that we
will pay taxes for the betterment of the country, would exhon-
orating the convicted representatives give the American people
the continued faith in our governmental way of running this
fine country. Please keep your dignity in what the letters,
"F.B.I." stand for. Too, please never publish photo's ornames
of your F.B.I., members. This was alawys a no,no. Keep up thegood work. 4, j "/CKQQ;/*" f5 %*i
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June 7, 1982
pol President Ronald Reagan
President of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20510
QUTSIDE
President Ronald Reagan.
President of the United States
Washington, D.C. 20510 O/TL ahhk /L7< 1:-' $1->== W. ,,
Dear President Reagan:
Attached please find a copy of a letter which I have written in reply to
a previous comment that I had mailed to Senator Cranston.
Let me reiterate my deep concern about the emphasis on honesty required
from elected officials. The same rules of law have to apply to every
citizen of this co'.:ntq' irrcgardless of the status of politician or
prostitute, etc.
- If an elected representative uses an office to enrichen himself by
bribery, thievery, crookery, or otherwise, he has no right to hold that
office. That which happened to Senator Williams, Jr. was deserving of his
actions .
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Senator Alan Cranston '
United States Senate
mssell Senate Office Bldg., Room 229 ;Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Cranston: ,I
I thank you for replying to my letter which I mailed to you concerning the
expulsion of Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. I do not share your Viewpoint
on this matter. You may call it entrapment or whatever you like. The fact
raisins that Mr. Williams has accepted a bribe. Iet's face it, many a
cannon prostitute is entraped by local vice squad. Why st-ouldn't similar
entrapment apply to disreputable politicians.
Let's face it, Dear Senator, Mr. Williams, Jr. is not a crook because he
took the bribe. Do the contrary, he took the bribe because he is a crook. _
If it takes the Department of Justice and the F.B.I. undercover operation
to keep you people in the Senate honest, I am all for it. Before the law 'you politicians deserve the same treatment, respect and scrutiny as we other A
cannon citizens including your petty shop lifter, prostitute, nmrderer, etc. -
I consider the action of the Department of Justice a totally different
matter than you politicians taking a bribe. If it is that easy to lead a
Senator into temptation then let's not have him represent the conmon man.
. Very truly yours
ggg President Ronald Reagan ~/ F M
Senator Hayakawa
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We feel United States District Judge William B. Bryant's overturn of the ~'
bribery conspiracy conviction of former Representative Richard Kelly, in the
so-called ABSCAM case, was improper and once again reveals the attitude of Appeals
Court Judges in our present judicial system.
Their decisions
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Whatever happened toconsistently lean heavily toward reversals of guilty verdicts; .
fact the accused was found guilty by a jury who worked -
through long periods of time to bring in a JUST VERDICT.
accountability and responsibility for one's criminal acts?
Contrary to Judge Bryant's assertion about the FBI; we believe he and Judgeslike him are "Loose cannon rolling around the deck of our criminal justice system,"
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Dear M w b t 4:2! ! ~ 1I //I/i>/» /I'M. /$6,//ciwhen I read the news account of'U.Sl District Judge Hilli mJT Cka 92
Bryant's overturn of the conviction of former Rep. William . .
Kelly in the so-called ABSCAM case, I was filled with
dismay and anger, so I took it upon myself to initiate a
formal protest.
I contacted a cross-section of people in the community with -~"f"~~,
whom I discussed this issue. They were in accordance with_92 ' ,'
my feelings and signed the protest; 92¢92Q;_,,/' " _
None of these individuals are connected with a law enforcement
agency. .a7w1 // 5/L/,' Q / /;§> 2:1 ' I am a former Police Sergeant with the San Jose Police Department I
and have recently retired after thirty two 2! years of "" *""*~ --<
service.JUL 7 1982 _.I hope this protest will serve notice to certain individugls __,@pin government employ that we will not tolerate actions a-»- """ A
demonstrated by Judge Bryant. " - . .. . -» .
Respectfully,
~ " . William Webster
1- 544 ' °"l"92"-<35 1 Director of FBI
R F h. JE Hoover Buildingoscoe anucc 1 9th and Pennsylvania Ave
Rcc 5 Hash. DC
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WASHING-'roN-A San Diegobusinesswoman tear-fully pleadedwith a House Judiciary subcommit-
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innocent third parties who suffer
from FBI undercover operations. . _
"Please don't let this happen toother people." said Brandy Troche.who testified that she and her hus-band. Bill. lost their interior design:
business after giving their money»and trust tolloseph Maltzer. an FBI.informant who was running his own
bogus operation on the side." "If you can't trust the FBI, who
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which eventually led to the_ convic-tion of seven members oi Congress
for accepting bribes from FBI un-
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was assisting the FBI in the Abscam
investigation. he was running his
own illegal operation, the one thatthe six business people say they fellvictimto. . t"
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subcommittee Thursday that they
never received investment funds
that Iyleltaer told them would be?..-. for the bank.-I-loweveria telephone
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' The Honorable William Bryant
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T ./e Washington, D.C. 20037 _{/ w fl 'Dear Judge Bryant: / //A/,/,; 5' -
I am writing to strongly condemn your recent actions in overturningthe ausscan conviction of former Representative Richard Kelly. Yourstatement that"law enfoieement exceeds its boumfs when it manufacturescrime and creates criminals" is absurd. Just what do you think under-cover police work is? Your statement and ruling would preclude lawenforcement officers from using decoys in the solutions oforinessuch as rape and mass murder. I" '
Representative Kelly has admitted taking the money, and his claimthat this was part of his own investigation is just plain bull! Heshauld have known that it he was conducting and investigation, he shoulddo it with the advice and consent of law enforcement otlioers.
Your ruling is not only outrageous, it is dangerous. _ . _
By wag oi a copy of this letter, I em applauding 3:31 Director Ilillial 1.,/_ Webster's commitment to pie ABSCAM type investigations in the future. A. Very truly yours,
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Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Washington, DC 20530 _0 , // />1 ">""" Dear Mr. Webster, P! /92"/
The purpose of this letter is to express the feelings
of myself and my friends that the FBI should continue
its sting type operations to weed out the corruptible
public officials. We would like to indicate that we
feel that the entrapment defense should not be allowed
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Dear Sir,
I would like to comment upon the recent criticism of
the Bureau over the conduct of ABSCAM. It seems as though
political corruption is so deeply ingrained in the fabric
of our society that our legislators and our judiciary can
find only sympathy and compassion for their colleaguesjwhohave been caught with their hands in the cookie jar.7Rathérthan to condemn these thieves for stealing, they acéu e theBureau of chicanery. Perhaps it is because they are/:0 j
vulnerable themselves and so susceptible to graftithat theyempathize with their colleagues who have been snagged by/a
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These greedy criminals are not poor people stealing to
buy bread for their family. They are prominent and success-
ful attorneys, affluent in comparison to their constituents,
who feel in some way that payoffs are a fringe benefit that
comes with their protection. They have betrayed the trust
and confidence of those people who put them in office, and
they are totally deserving of whatever shame, disgrace, andpunishment that befalls them. A; j!_ /?7;;-/ / _,l!é}i?s/' / . J ¢= "
I cannot manage to work up any sympathy for a corrupt
politician who cries "foul" at the Bureau because he was
approached while he was having financial difficulties. I
raised five kids while working as a cop, and when I was in
"financial trouble", I went out on my day off and laid brick,
salvaged junk, refereed athletic events - whatever it took to
make ends meet. It was not beneath my dignity to get my handsdirty» 2/feed my kids and to pay my bills. Better to dirtymiéggég "with honest work than with taintednmgngyhwu,
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approached with a bribe offer. My obligation was to report
it to my superiors, get wired up, and make a bribery case
against the person offering the bribe. I don't see the
slightest problem in the tactics employed by ABSCAM. Every-
one of those people who were "enticed" or "tempted" had the
legal and moral obligation to make known the bribe offer,
and to cooperate in the apprehension of the bribers. They
are all attorneys and lawmakers - they can't claim ignorance
of the law. What's being overlooked here by the supporters
and sympathizers of these corrupt officials is the fact that
if these criminals were so readily agreeable to snatch up
payoffs to misuse the power of their offices, how many of
them succumbed to previous offers? How many bribes had they
and their colleagues accepted prior to ABSCAM? How common
was this practice, that the Bureau saw fit to use this, or
any investigative tactic, to cope with the problem? I'm
sure we have seen only the very tip of the iceberg; and I
think it is a sad commentary that in so few cases, did our
elected officials have the integrity to report the bribe
offer. /II.»
What we are seeing now is lawyers rallying to the sup-
port of other lawyers, out of a misplaced sense of loyalty
to one another, much as corrupt cops in New York were often
supported or protected by other policemen in a spirit of
distorted fraternalism. yPerhaps, the attitude we are
is a "there but for the/grace of God go I" phenomenonsad commentary on thejfthics of our legal profession.
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As_a criminal justice professional and an experienced
investigator who has worked "Sting" operations, I strongly
urge you to continue with some variations of your ABSCAM
tactics. You are not at fault for using such tactics. The
cries of "fight fair" are answerable by a response of "re-
port bribery attempts". For you to abandon these tactics
because of the.bitching and wailing of a vocal minority of
lawyers and their supporters would mean that you have allowed
them to intimidate you. To desist now, is to admit that you
were wrong, and you were not; on the contrary, I would con-
tinue to use this tactic as effectively as possible, particu-
larly now: It was our experience in New York that as fast as
we shut down one of our "Operation Fence" or "Sting" opera-
tions, we opened up a new one. Damned if we didn't lock up
many of the same thieves the second time around that we did
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arrested cried and hollered "low blow" because of our tactics.
A thief is a thief is a thief - whether he is a junkie burglar
in blue jeans or an attorney in an Eagle suit. Your job is
to lock them up. They are the criminals, not us; but being
attorneys, they know that often the best defense is a good
offense. Don't let them back you down. Congratulations on
a brilliant investigative coup. Go get more of them now,
while they think they've got you on the defensive. You have
my best wishes for continued success!
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to wonder about the zeal of going after theF.B.I. in the Absc m cases, beceuse othergembers of Congress were caught and convicted
y juries,of wrongdoing.
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letter from me to Judge Brysnt of the
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mg Dear Judge Bryant:- _ A This is a letter that I intended to
write sooner, but the contents use still relevant inspite of the delay.
I was surprised and dismayed toread in the press about your decision to overule thebribery conviction of former Representative Kelly ofFlorida. It was shocking to read that you described. i the tactics of the F. F. I. in the Abscam case, asQ "outrageous", and intimated that law enforcementofficials had manufactured crime and created criminals.
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You refer to the dubious characterof a government witness in the Kelly case. Surely, youcan't always expect, as a witness, an upright and mmchrespected citizen, to be an example of righteousness!Often, it takes someone of sh dy chsrscter to helpin the conviction of one accused of wrongdoing.
Many of us have been encouraged andglossed by the conviction of government officials and
representstIVee*who_heve betrcyed their trusts in theAbscam cases. This is good news amid so much had news ofcrime and wrongs, in the92pgbliU Press.
It is significant that your decisionin the Kelly case, is at odds with the decisionsof other Federwl District Hudges, in the sever 1 Absc mcases. One is tempted to believe as often is ch rged!tht the Dtstrict of Caiumbia Federal courts are Cbmpgsédof judges who lean too far in favor of defendwnts wnd
those of a 1iber~l point of view.
I hope and believe that Your decisionwill not be sust*ined.
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Reece
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