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A newspaper column critical of the FBI in connectionmve of Martin Luther King has been sent to the Director by one
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, The newspaper column which was sent to the Director by-bears the by-line of Mike Royko; however, neither the name of the newspapernor the date on which the column was published is indicated. In the column,Royko claims that about four years ago a former FBI Agent told him thatduring a trip to Washington he the former Agent! had been briefed by theDirector regarding "the contents of the Martin Luther! King file. " Royko thenimplies that the information which the Director disclosed to the former Agentabout King "was plain old mud--slinging, on a level with the lowest scandalmagazines and transom-peeking publications. " Royko concludes, If that's what BDr. King's file was used for, then Ill gladly second Carl! Rowan's suggestion _§,11&teIIis00VeI be I<'3P11¢6d- " Royko does not name the former FBI Agent to whom he
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Bufiles reflect that lVI_i.k¢6yko is a columnist for the "Chicago 9Daily News..." On December 24, 1964, he wrote what apparently was intended to bea humorous satire on an open house held in the press room of the new FederalBuilding in Chicago which stated, in part, Reporters, judges, FBI men, governmeprosecutors, private attorneys and assorted federal officials were standing arounddrinking, bragging and fibbing to each other. " SAC M. W. Johnson immediatelycontacted the Executive Editor of the "Chicago Daily News and protested that thiswas a complete fabrication and unscrupulous reporting. In subsequent editions ofthe December 24, 1964, issue of the newspaper, all reference to the FBI wasdeleted from Royko's column. At the time of this incident, SAC Johnson observedthat Royko "is the type of writer who never has a good word to say about anvbodyor anything. " V . 5/yu REC4 1 - Mr. DeLoach JUN ~~92 '- UK ' 2619591 - Mr. Bishop ' so M5,, CONTINUED - oven JUN
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In response to your request, I am forwarding,
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ClllCAGOThe FBI has a lot more
explaining to do about its motives for
spying on the late Dr. Martin Luther King.
has ptiiilicly dc-
scribcd ns "malicious" a i i
column written by Carl
Rowan that criticized the
wiretapping of Dr. King's. 1.5. . ' _;. _phones. ' §~¥=. " ~
Clyde Tolson, associate
FBI director, says the _
wiretapping was done Q MWfor national security"
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Kennedy, then attorney general.
That doesnt come even close to tell-
ing it.
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following incident://T al r r--'*~'*-r _
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for a round of golf.
After the round, we sat in the club-
house chatting. He worked the conversa-
tion around to Dr. King. ~
He told me that the FBI had been us-
ing a variety of electronic: eavesdropping
devices on Dr. King. Besides: tapping his
phone, they had planted listening devices
in hotel 3-ooms he used while traveling.
The result, he said, was a very thick
file on Dr. King.
He gave me some examples. '
They were very personal things. Nat-
urally, if you bug almost arybodys bed-
room long enough, you will hear personal
things. .
But none of the things this ex-FBI agent
told me reflected in any way on Dr. King's
"loyalty," his Americanism," or seemed
to be remotely related to "national se-
.curity." '
Nor dld they reflect on his role as a
leader in the civil rights crusade, a win-
ner of the Nobel Peace Prize, or a figure
of historic importance.
I asked the ex-FBI agent ii his informa-
tion was merely gossip or ii he was sureA seiigiataanrzie/as/Q9
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It was not uncommon. he said, for trust-
ed ex-agents to be lot in on such things.
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shocked by the things he told me. And
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fumed. A famous man's imperfections
don't shock me.
The shocking disclosure was that he
was actually sitting there telling me such
things.
They were none of my business, and
they were none of his business. They
were nobodys business but Dr. King's.
It was plain old mud slinging, on a
level with the lowest scandal magazines
and transom-peeking public actions.
There was no doubt in my mind then,
and none now. that it was being leaked
to me for the purpose of discrediting Dr.
King.
The same type of thing. I have -since
learned, occurred in other cities, with
other newsmcn.
And it doesnt take.rnuch imaginationto figure out why. Dr. King and Hoover
had engaged in a furious public quarrel,
HQQVBP, quite clearly, did not like Dr.
King.
Thais Why I suggest that the FBI has
11° Elven an adequate explanation.
lfthe wiretapping was being done fornational security," I presume that jgshould have been kept a big secret.
Secret? How much of a secret was it if
a newspaper columnist in Chicago knew
Of-the eavesdropihng? Or if a former agent
-a private citizencould talk about it?
For the record, the ex-agent was not a
two-bit gumshoe given to flights of fancy.He was then a well-known and highly~re-
spected investigator. He is today a famous
and powerful man.!
And is the purpose of such official
eavesdropping to gather spite-material,
trzinsom-peeking tidbits that will be whis-
pered in the cars of opinion makers?
That, of course, is the greatest danger
of Big Brother and his big ear.
If that's what Dr. King's file was used
for, then I'll gladly second Rowans sug-
gestion that Hoover be replaced.l
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By Carl Rowan
9292 ASIIINGTON - Attorneys
for former heavyweight boxing
champion Cassius Clay have
filed papers in U.S. Federal
Court accusing FBI officials of
lying about the wiretaps and
lvtiggittgs of the late I!r. Martin
I.uthcr King and Elijah Mu-
hantmad. leader of the Black
Muslims.
Clay's lawyers have cited
some glaring discrepancies
between statements made here
the last -few days by FBI Direc-
tor J. Edgar Hoover and other
top FBI officials and testimony
in a recent-Clay hearing in U.S.
District Court in Houston, Tex.
The brief, filed in Houston
last Friday, saysthe FBI has
produced a gap of credibility
that! now approaches a cra-
ter.
~ Access Denied
Clay's Iaw'yers are seeking
access to wiretap information
and personnel that the govern-
ment so far has avoided mak-
ing available. The Clay hear-
ing, in which the ghter seeks.
reversal of his conviction and
five-year sentence for draft.
evasion, touched offthe cur-
rent furor over FBI wiretap--
ping and bugging. i
It was in these Houston
hearings that the government
conceded that it had illegally
tapped the telephones of King
and both wiretapped the phone
and bugged the home of Elijah
Muhammad. .A column by this reporter
provoked the Flll to claim that
the late Robert F. Kennedy, as
Attorney General, both pro-
posed and authorized the tap of
King's phones. Kt-t|nedys suc-
cessor as Attorney Jeneral,
l92icholas Dell. Kat1.enbaclt,:iud
his successor, Ramsey clarlt,
have both disputed the FBI
'claim that Kennedy proposed
the wiretap on King, although
they acknowledge that he ap-
proved it. '
But the brief led in Hous-
ton Friday may be of extreme
significance because it could
force the government to pro-
duce documents, wiretap and
bugging transcripts, and other
information that will leave the
public without doubt as to who
islying.
I Here are some oftheglaringcontradictions that are at issue:
I. Hoover told theWashing-
ton Evening Star that he had
memoranda signed by Kennedy
authorizing the wiretaps on
King.
-2. The Federal court brief
claims that either Hoover lied
in saying that the King wiretap
was discontinued on April 30,
I965, or else FBI Special Agent
Robert Nichols perjured him-
self in his Houston testimony.
3. The Houston hriefcalls
the courts attention to another
seeming discrepa ney.
4. There apparently is no
question in the Houston court
proceedings that the wiretaps
were illegal, whether Hoover,
~Kennedy, or a anyone else au-
tItori1.t-d" them. Ilowt-vi.-r, in a
letter to this reporter, lydc W.
Tolson, associate director of
the I-III, ltmlt the position that
the King wiretaps were beyond
criticism because they were
within the provisitms laid down
by the then President of the
United Slates."
Clay's lawyers claim that
the Federal government is now
trying to do an apparent
about-face" in a Chicago case
involving anti-war activists
who were indicted for incit-ing
riots at the Democratic .92'a-
tional Convention last August.
The government is arguing
in that case that the President
has the constituyional potter
to authorize electronic surveill-
ance to gather intelligence in-
formation concerning domestic
organizations which seek to
attack and subvert the govern-
ment by unlawful means.
Clay's attorneys thus may
hasten a ruling on whether the
Justice Departmentancl FBI,
representing the President, can
wiretap and bug virtually any-
one or any group without court
permission.
, Clays attorneys also seek to
.force the government to pro-
duce thc mysterious FBI em-
ployee "AT-I379-S l]" who
"supposedly did the actual
;eavesdropping on Dr. King.
They want the court to de-
termine who, in this contradic-
tory welter of FBI stories. is
not telling the truth.
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Your article copy enclosed! suggests your observation the motive
for wiretapping Dr. King might be a! Mr. Hoover didn't like Dr.
King par F! and b.! Mr. Hoover resorted to using his agency togo into the scandal sheet business par G!.92
was "nationa1 security . Have you asked him the nature of the
"national security"? Maybe you feel these questions are not importan
to your report of your lockeroom experience.I-lave you asked your lockeroom contact if the motive for wiretapping / I
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If the purpose of the wiretapping was national security and
If national security should be kept secret as you suggest par. F!
And you had club house experience where the matter was discussed
in some intimate details, and yet: you did not find out what the motive
was for the wiretapping par A!; then I would suggest your contact
maintained his obligation of secrecy for the wiretapping.
As a matter of national policy do you think:
a. Mr. Hoover should make public "national security" details
of investigations ?
b. To whom should he make these motive known?
l! you acknowledge your contact and other trusted ex-agents
were let in on such things" par B!.
You state par C! "a famous man's imperfections don't shock me".
This characteristic is admirable and,one of a mark of perfection for
yourself. Thus, you shouldn't be shocked at the imperfection of your
lockeroom contact par D! for his not being immune to being effected
by revelations of famous men's imperfectiors.
I would suggest you contact your lockeroom contact to determine if
the wiretapping had a "national security motive", then write another
article on the subject so as it is complete.
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It would be contrary to natimnal policy for Mr. Hoover to do as your
article alleges go into scandal b.lSIl'1¬SB because he didn't like Dr.
King!, and it would just as contrary to public interest if he were
required to make public details of "national security investigations"
because of imperfections of persons "let in on such things" par D!.
I feel you are definately on target with public interest when you
publish possible use of our governmental agencies in conspiracies
to accomplish personal motives of public officials.
Your exersise of telling of your expereinces as you see them and letting
the chips fall where they may is also consistent with public interest as
I, as a layman, lee it.
I have made this analysis of your article for my own satisfaction and
pass it on to you for what it is worth.
Keep up your good work and best wishes to you for the future.
Sincerely yours,
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John E. Kenealy
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Associate FBI Director
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plaining to do about its motives for spyi ag
On the late Dr. Martin Luther King.
It was publicly described as ma.iiciou.s" in
a column Written by Carl Rowan that cr:.ti-
cised the wiretapping of Dr. King! phones.
Clyde Toieon. associate FBI Director, nyrthe wiretapping was done for national secu-rity" reasons, with the approval ot_thsi kiteRobert Kennedy, then attorney general.
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ON 'Il.92'G IT DOE$.~I'I ex;-lain is the ol-lowing incident: '
About three years ago an ex-FBI agent I
knew asked me to join him tor a round of
golf. "
After the round, we sat in the clubhouse
chatting. He worked the conversation around
to Dr. King.
He told me that the FBI had been using 2.
variety oi electronic evesdropping decizg on
Dr. Kliig. Besides lapping his phone, they had
planted listening devices in hotel rooms he
used while traveling.
The result, he said, was s. very thick tile
on Dr. King.
He gave me some examples.
They were very personal things. Naturaty,ii you bug almost a..nybody'.s bedroom long
enough, you will hear personal things.
They were things that Im sure Dr. Kiig
would not want anyone else to know about.
If you bugged almost anyone's bedroom long
enough, you would hear thing: that person
didn't want anyone else to know about.
BUT NONE OF THE THL92'GS this ex-FBI
agent told me about reected in any way on
Dr. King's "loyalty," his "Amerioa.nis1-n," or
seemed to be-remotely related to "national
security." _
Nor did they reect on his role as a leader
in the civil rights crusade, a winner of the
Nobel Peace Prize, or a figure of histoiic
importance. _
I asked the ex-FBI agent if his information
was merely gossip or it he was sure about it.
He said that he had visited J. Edgar Hoover
in Washington and had been brieied on theii M Eisane i§iea
It was not uncommon, he said, tor-trusted
ex-agents to be let in on such things. _
Obviously, I was supposed to he shocked by
the things he told me. And I was. But not inr
the reasons he assumed. A famous man: im-
perfections don! shock me.
The shocking disclosure wu that he was
actually sitting there telling me such things.
They were none oi my business, and they
were none of his business. The-' were nobody:
business but 1!, rungs.
it was plain old mud sI';ir:_:, on z. level
with the lowest scandal magazines and tran-
som-peeiung public actions.
THERE WAS N0 DOUBT in my mind then,
and none now, that it was being leaked to nie
for the purpose of discreditlng Dr. King.
The same type of thing, I have since lcarrrd,
occurred in other cities, with other newsman.
And it doesn't take much lniazinntion to lig-
ure out why. Dr. King and Hoover had en-
gagcd in a Iitrious public quarrel, Hoover,
quite clearly, did not like Dr. King.
That's why I suggest that the FBI hasn't
given an adequate explanation.
If the wiretapping was being done for
national security," I presume that it should
have been kept a big secret.
Secret? How much of a secret was it ii a
newspaper columnist in Chicago knew of the
evesdropping? Or it a iorrner agent-a pri-
vate citizen-could talk about it?
' For the record, the ex-agent was not n two-
bit gumshoe given to ihghis oi fancy. He was
then a well-known and highly-respected ll'l92¬!
tigator. He is today a iamous and power-rill
man.!
AND IS THE PURPOSE of such official
eavesdropping to gather spite-material, trans-
om~peeking tidbits that will be whispered in
the ears of opinion makers? _
That, oi course. is the greatest danger
Big Brother and his big ear.
It that's what Dr. King's file war
then I'll gladly second Rowan: sv
Hoover be replaced._
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The Bureau is well aware of the irresponsible Yreporting on the part of the Chicago press and the enclosed f
column certainly gives further indication of their complete
irresponsibility. BOYKO prides himself in "satirical comedy"
and would be the first to admit that much of the material
which he writes as satire is not true, but is being done in
the interest of humor, He is the type of writer who never has
a good word to say about anybody or anything.
As a matter of background for the Bureau's information,
a few weeks ago the Press Room was moved from the Old Federal
Building to Room 2144 of the new Federal Building, which also
houses the FBI Office, Reporters of all four major daily
newspapers and also a reporter from the City Iews Bureau are
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an appearance and did so at a xisatel 5:§0 P¢l¢f»i]:,.1.m¢ with in the corridortor about five nu es an on s eppe ¢_nside the_Press
loos, ehere I shook hands with the'tour newspaper-reporters
assigned to the space, congratulated then on their new space;
and departed. ly best estisate is that Iedid not resain in
the rooa sore than_oae ainute; as I had additional work to ~ Q
handle at the ottice. I did not participate in retrsshsents
of any kind, It is to be noted that no other !Bl agent was
present at the Press Boos during their open house. This has '
been contiraed by he with the other reporters present. J"
1 ' 1 ' § .K ._ Ihile in the Press Boon I noted twoGeneral Services
Adsinistration guards talking to the reporters;» I later learned
that they had advised the reporters that the open house had
to be conpleted by 6:00 p.s. as that was the closing tine tor '
the Federal Bilding. I have also subsequently learned that
the newspapers becase incensed at the General Services Adsinis-
tration tor cutting short their open house and that a great
deal of ill feeling has arisen between GSA and the press because
of this incident, ' , . Z - ,
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FBI sen, Gowernsent prosecutors, private attorneys and assorted
Federal officials were standing around drinking, bragging and g
tibbing to each other," Later in his article, in an ettort _
to be "humorous", he states, "The I'BI Agent seanwhile,stoodstunned and ashased¢;;1£Ql:§,' ,g92'~ . -;_.b , '_ '.__92 V _:_ . . ~@:._. _v_V3~- . _ H. b-'_v __ V. _.
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FAHHIIG, Executive Editor oi the Dail Iews and eapEitIEII1y-
called to iIi"itt§i¥Ion fEb Tact a s article was a
cosplete fabrication an that I deeply resented this type of
unscrupulous reporting. IIINIIG stated he sold check on the
setter and call se right hack. I sbsequently was called by
IANIIIG, at which time he stated he wished to extend his host
sincere apologies as he had talked with IOYID and that-IOIHO 7»/Jkdition of the Deilyllews, 1; iately contacted LAIRIICE
would be rewritten in all subsequent editions and he would do
everything in his power to prevent any recurrence of this type
of reporting. '
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as the Bureau will note, were deleted tron the subsequent
article, which certainly is an admission oi the coaplete erroril ROYID'a reprtillw "£; - "' ~>u¢y:~#fe 7,;:_r,;< . "
,~~ I 2* ll the Bream known, the above in typical at the Q
preaa in Chicago, particularly as tar an the Daily Iews is _r
concerned, They are conatantly seeking sensational type oi;material which will aell their newspaper, oftentimes having very little regard for the truth. ' _,» P y A
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Was Truly Blindl
The inside story of the big raid on the press room of the
new United State's Courthouse in Chicago has not yet been
told. , ,
Until now, the only facts that have filtered out are these:
I A Christmas party, with liquor, was being held Tuesday
in the press room. -
0 Reporters, judges, FBI men, government prosecutors, pri-
vate attorneys and assorted federal officials were standing
around drinking, bragging and bbing to each other.
An official of the General Services Administration-which
is in charge of maintaining and guarding the builciing
walked into the room, put his fingers in his
mouth, and whistled for attention.I»
.~ I He told everybody that drinking "is not" " * permitted on a federal reservation. They
g , got mad and went home. These socalled facts were reported, ff 4. course, in the newspapers, on radio a d
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mie, inside story can be told.
*°Y"° ACTUALLY, when the GSA official
walked in, the party was much too noisy
for anybody to hear him whistling.
"Look," someone shouted, there is a man standing there
in the doorway with the fingers of both hands stuck in his
mouth. -
Yes, someone else shrieked. "Th_at is a strange thing
to do."
But it was not considered strange by several of the lederal
judges.
They immediately recognized it as the classic legal think-
ing posture, known as De Profundis Sapientia Venit."
Rou hl translated, this means: Out of the depths comeswisdon$ "~-¬..4 Indicate paqe, name of
newspaper, city and state.!
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l believe it is a Supreme Court justice," houted one
judge, burstingninto tears of joy, visiting us and pondering
a great decision."
The judges began leaping around, pointing at each other,
and shouting: Reverse him. No, reverse him. Him. No
him.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the room several leading
attorneys also were excited by the sight of the man.
Whoopee, they cried out. It must be one of our clients
and he is trying to find a gold filling to pay the balance of his
fee.
Several whipped out tooth pullers and tried to help him,
while others rushed to the phones and called their wives about
a trip to Miami.
The FBI agents, meanwhile, stood stunned and ashamed.
They assumed he was a fellow agent who had brought dis-
honor to the bureau.
Look at'the 'eur," bellowed one agent. Hes standing
there holding a bar of soap in his mouth. And he deserves it.
What did be do?" another called out. '
lm sure hes the agent that told his wife he didnt think
Martin Luther King was such a bad guy. She turned him in.
The reporters at that moment were crowding around the
GSA man, pleading with him to make a statement.
"He must be an unimpeachable source, said one. They're
the only ones who stand around that way.
"Them and high-level informants, said another.
Or sources~close-to-the-administration," said a third.
One newsman, hoping to scoop the others, rushed tit aphone and whispered to his editor to hold the prenses. Fing s~in-mouth, foot-in-mouth, whats the difference? J.Imdead rtain he's one of our diplomats back from Viet Nam.
0 IN ANOTHER CORNER, the government prosecutors
were moaning, weeping, or gnashing their teeth. They wereconvinced that it could only be one thing: A new young
lawyer sent over by City Hall bosses to join their staff.
Im sure, moaned one, that he is that alderm:in's
nephew. The one that took the bar exam in a bar."
This would have gone on for hours, had not the GSA man
grown weak from trying to whistle and toppled over in a
faint.
His true identity was finally discovered while his effects
were being divided among the reporters, who wanted a pictureof his wife and children; the lawyers, who wanted a peel; at
his bankbook, and the FBI men, who wanted to know what
organizations he belonged to, had belonged to, or intended
to join. V
And by the time he regained consciousness, his no-drinking
announcement was meaningless, anyway. ,
All of the liquor was gone, and everyone had left forhome. He had no choice but to file this report to Wash:ng-t0n: Pm _~_
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Whoopee, they cried out. It must be one of our clients
and he is trying to find a gold filing to pay the balance of his
fee.
Several whipped out tooth pullers and tried to help him,
while others rushed to the phones and called their wives aboutI trip to .
The reporters at that moment were crowding around the
GSA man, pleading with him to make a statement.
He must bean unimpeachable source, said one! They're
the only ones who stand around that way."
Them and high-level informants, said another.
Or sources-close-to-the-administration," said a third.
One newsman, hoping to scoop the others, rushed to aphone and whispered to his editor to hold the presses.
Fingers -mouth, foot-in-mouth, whats the difference? Ifndead ce in he's one of our diplomats back from Viet Raj,
OFF ANOTHER CORNER, the government prosecut jswere moaning, weeping, or gnashing_their teeth. They wereconvinced that it could only be one thing: A new younglawyer sent over by City I-{all bosses to join their staff.
_ l'm sure," moaned one, that he is that alclennans
nephew. The one that took the bar exam in a bar.
This would have gone on for hours, had not the GSA man
grown weak from tryingto whistle and toppled over in afaint. 1 ' *
His true identity was nally discovered while his effectswere being divided among the reporters, who wanted at pictureof his wife and children; the lawyers, who wanted a peek athis bankbook, and the FBI men, who wanted to know what
organizations he, belonged to, had belonged to, or intendedto join. _ '
And by the time he regained consciousness, his no-drinking
announcentent was meaningless, anyway; '
All of the liquor was gone, and everyone had left forhome. He had no choice but to le this report to Washing-
_ l did what l could. but Justice got good a.nd_blirlil'."'N4
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The FBI has a lot more explaining to do about its motives
tor spying on the late Dr. Martin Luther King.
-= It has publicly described as "malicious" a column written
- by "Carl Rowan that criticized the tapping of Dr. King's
phones. .
Clyde Tolson, associate FBI director, says the wiretapping
was done tor "national security" reasons, with the approval
- mi the late Robert Kennedy, then attorney general.
That doesn't come even close to telling it.
' i ONE THING IT DOESN'T EXPLAIN, is the following inci-
dent:
_ About tour years ago, an ex-FBI agent I knew asked me to
" join him ior a round oi golf.
After the round, we sat in the clubhouse chatting. He
worked the conversation around to Dr. King.
He told me the FBI had been using a variety of electronic
eavesdropping devices on Dr. King. Besides tapping his
phone, they had planted listening devices in hotel rooms he
used while traveling. »
_ - The result, he said ~was a very thick tile on Dr. King.- He gave me somefexamples.
-. They were very personal things. They were things I'm
sure Dr. King would not want anyone else to know about. If
,, you bugged almost anyones bedroom long enough, you
would hear things that person didnt want anyone else to_. know about. " 92 '
IU'I_NONE or ma rrmvos this ex-FBI agent told me
reected in any way on Dr. King's loyalty, his Americanism,
or seemed to be remotely related to national security.
' Nor did they reect on his role as a leader in the civil
rights crusade, a winner oi the Nobel Peace Prize, or a
g figure of historic importance.
'~I asked the ex-FBI agent if his information was merely
-gossiporithewasaureabout it. ' _
He said he had visited J. Edgar Hoover in Washington and
had been briefed on the contents oi the King file.
It was not uncommon, he said, for trusted ex-agents to be
let in rm such things.
~ Obviously, I was supposed to he shocked by the things he
told me. -And I was. But not ipr the reasons he assumed.
_ '1'he shocking part of it was that he was actually sitting
there telling me such things. '
They were none oi my business, and they were none oi his
business. They. were nobodys business but Dr. King's.
J? IT WAS PLAIN OLD MUD-SLINGING, on a level with the
lowest scandal magazines and transom-peeking publications.
There was no doubt in my rnlnd then, and_none now, that
r it was being leaked to me for the purpose of discrediting Dr.
,mnT§eaametypeolthing,Ihaveainceleamed,occrnredin
other citieswith other newsrpen.
And It doesn't take much -imagination to figure out why.
Dr. King and Hoover had engaged in a furious public quar-
iel. Hoover, quite clearly, did not like Dr. King.
.ThlI'l whv I suggest the FBI hasn't than an ndonrmtn arr-
- "de2¬:iING I1 EXPLAIN, is the following in
A. . pr years ago, an ex-FBI agent I knew asked me tr
" joinhin. Ara round oi golf. ,
" After theiround, we at in the ciubbouae chatting. He
rked the conversation around to Dr. King. .
He told me the FBI had been using a variety of electronic
eavesdgopping devices on Dr. King. Besides tapping his
' phone, they had planted listening kvioes in hotel moms he
tiled while traveling. ~-. _ A The result, he saiyavas a very thick file on Dr. King. '
- He gave me som examples. '
». They were very personal things. They were things I'm
sure Dr. King would not want anyone else to know about. it
,_ _ you bugged almost anyones bedroom long enough, you
~ would hear things that person didn't want anyone else to
. . know about..i.- -
I BUT NONE OF THE THINGS this ex-FBI agent told me
reected in any way on Dr. Klngs loyalty, his Americanism,
or seemed to be remotely related to national security.
- ' Nor did they reect on his role as a leader in the civil
' rights crusade, a winner oi the Nobel Peace Prize, or a
i gure of historic importance.
' fl asked the ex-FBI agent if his information was merely
-'gossiporlfhewassureaboutit. ' _
He said he had visited J. Edgar Hoover in Washington and had been briefed on the contents oi the King file.It It was not uncommon, he said, for trusted ex-agents to belet in on such things.
" Obviously, I was supposed to be shocked by the things he
told me. And I was. But not fpr the reasons he assumed.
. The shocking part oi it was that he was actually sitting
there telling me such things.
They were none of my business, and they were none of his
business. They. were nobodys business but Dr. King's.
_§ IT WAS PLAIN OLD MUD-SLINGING, on a level with the
lowest scandal magazines and transom-peeking publications.
- There was no doubt in my mind then, and none now, that1§
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- King.
. A The same type of thing, I have since learned, occurred in
other cities,with other newsman.
And it doesn't take much imagination to gure out why.
Dr. King and Hoover had engaged in a furious public quar-
rel. Hoover, quite clearly, did not like Dr. King.
That's why I suggest the FBI hasnt given an adequate ex-
planation.
' If the wiretapping was being done for national security, I
' presume that it should have been kept a~big secret.
. Secret? How much of a secret was it it a newspaper col- _
umnist in Chicago knew of the eavesdropping? Or if a for-
mer agt a private citizen - could talk about it?
For the record, the ex-agent was not a two-hit 'gumshoe
given to ights oi fancy. He was then a well known and
highly respected investigator. He is today a famous andpowerful man.! ' ~
AND IS TI-IE PURPOSE OF SUCH official eavesdropping
to gather spite material, transom-peeking tidbits that will be
whispered in the ears of opinion-makers? ~
That, of course, is the greatest danger from Big Brother
and his big ear.vs If that's what Dr. King's file was used for, then I'll gladly
'7second Rowan's suggestion that Hoover he replaced.
v The scandal-sheet business should be left to private indus~
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Congressman Annunzio directed a letter to the
General enclosing a story from the July 29, 1972, issue o
Events," copy attached!, which claimed tha secret Justic
Department report reveale by newspaperman Mik Royko tells of / /former Congre sman Ro1andQ¥9292E;bonati stepping down on orders fromMafia "boss" g3m92Qiancana who ad selected Annunzio as his successor
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the '9292"ur on Powrty" ;=n-_l wclliire.
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tlic" Subversive 192c~.ivitic~:~ Cr-zttrul Board.
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amendment r-crmitting voluntzirjr prayer
in the schools.
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The FBI has a lot more explaining twdo about its motives
for spying on the late Dr. Martin LuthefKing.
It has publicly described as ni5iicious" a column written
by Carl Rowan that criticized the tapping of Dr. King's
phones.
Clyde Tolson. as.<oriate FBI director, says the wiretapping
was done for national security" reasons, with the approval
of the late Robert Kennedy, then attorney general.
That doesn't come even close to telling it.
ONE THING lT DOES!92"T EXPLAIN, is the following inci-
dent:
About tour years ago, an ex~FBI agent I knew asked me to
join him tor a round ot golf.
After the round, we sat in the clubhouse chatting. He
"lurked the conversation around to Dr. King.
He told me the FBI had been using a variety of electronic
Lavesdropping devices on Dr. King. Besides tapping his
phone, they had planted listening devices in hotel rooms h
used while traveling.
The result, he said, was a very thick file on Dr. King.
He gave me sore examples.
They were very personal things. They were things Pm
sure Dr. King would not want anyone else to know about. It
you bugged almost ahy0ne's bedroom long enough, you
would hear things that person didn't want anyone else: to
know about.
BUT NONE OF THE THINGS this ex-FBI agent told me
reected in any way on Dr. King's loyalty, his Americzanisrn,
or seemed to be remotely related to national security.
Nor did they rcilcct on his role as a leader in the civil
rights crusade. a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, or a
figure oi historic importance. .
I asked the ex-FBI agent it his infomiation was merely
gossip or if he was sure about it. '
He said he had visited J. Edgar Hoover in Washington and
had been briefed on the contents oi the King file. . _ -
It was not uncommon, he said, for trusted ex-agents to be
let in on such things.
Obviously, l was supposed to beshocked by the things he
told me. And I was. But not tor the reasons he assumed.
The shocking part of it was that he was actually sitting
there telling me such things. ' _
They were none of my business. d they were none of hisbuiness. They were nobody's pkés but Dr. King's. -l.ii'92/uai..<_@ t . 1;;I I, Rrigiq-|__
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other cities. with other newsmen. 1/
And it doesn't take much imagination to figure out why.
Dr. King and Hoover had engaged in a furious public quar-
rel. Hoover, quite clearly, did not like Dr. King.
That's why l suggest the FBI hasnt given an adequate ex» '
planation. .
If the wiretapping was being done for national security, I
presume that it should have been kept a big secret.
Secret? How much of a secret was it if a newspaper coi~
umnist in Chicago knew of the eavesdropping? Or if a for-
mer agent - a private citizen could talk about it?
For the record, the ex-agent was not a two-bit gumshoe
given to flights of fancy. He was then a well known and
highly respected investigator. He is today a famous and
powerful man.!
AND IS THE PURPOSE OF SUCH official eavesdropping
to gather spite material. transom-peeking tidbits that will be
whispered in the ears of opinion-makers?
That, of course, is the greatest danger from Big Brother
nd his big ear.Xi that's what Dr. King's file was used for, then I'll glac.l;tse ond Rowans suggestion that Hoover he replaced. 1e scandal-sheet business should be left to private indu-
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OF EDUCATION BUSING PLAN,
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 19b8
CONTROVERSY OVER ANNOUNCED
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PLAN, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1968
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furnished reliable information in the past, furnished
literature which was placed in the mail boxes of
Catholic parishionels and neighbors residing within
the confine of St Ferdinand s Roman Catholic Church,
5900 West Barry, Chicago The literature discloses
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1968
CONTROVERSY OVER ANNOUNCED
CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM BUSING
PLAN, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1968,
a group has been organized in St. Ferdinand's Parishopposing the busing plan concerning the Catholic
schools announced by John Cardinal Cody, Archbishop
of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago in
January, 1968. This group is identified as the
StL_Ferdinand's Neighbors and Parishioners SNAPI.
he above mentioned literature requested the parishioners
a d neighbors of St. Ferdinands to Join SNAP in protesting
the present policies of the Archdiocese of Chicago r
concerning busing by putting a penny in the collection
basket on Sunday, May 12, 1968, which has been designated
by the Roman Catholic Church as Catholic Charities
Collection Day.
SNAP further relates in the above mentioned
literature that it is scandalous for the church to:
1. "To force a change in religion upon
those who desire a true Roman Catholic
religion."
2. "Allow the"Word and Worship" series of books
to be taught to our children that omits .
many of our basic beliefs and contradicts
many others." The "Word and Worship"
series of books are catechisms presently
used by some schools in the Archdiocese
of Chicago which advocate racial justice
and alludes to the guidance of the late
Reverend Martin Luther King by the Holy
Spirit. Because this series advocates
racial justice it has had, in the past, a_
controversal reputation in the Archdiocese
of Chicago!.
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a way that does not meet with our
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4. "To waste Money, Money, Money...from
taxes and donations on a busing program
when the money could be better used to
build more schools and train better
educators."
5. "To claim the busing program is voluntary
when a possible voluntary protest is ordered
stopped in an intimidating letter sent to
the parents by the Priests and Sisters of
St. Ferdinand's Parish."
One copy of this memorandum is being furnished
to the following local agencies:
United States Attorney, Chicago, Illinois,
United States Secret Service, Chicago, Illinois,
Region I, 113th Military Intelligence Group,
Evanston, Illinois.
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boxes in the banks in July, 1971, and have
long range timers. The letter outlines
how such bombs might be used in other
situations such as under highways and
buildings under construction such as the
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"Free All Political Prisoners, Remember
merge Jackson and Sam Melville." Jackson
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W ' -Dear Inspector Powers: / 2 VI I _, _
As we discussed in our telephone conversation yes-
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as engaged in ma ing r e in t e guise
of conducting a visit to a new resident. I have also enclosed
a transcript of a portion of the Donahue TV talk show in which
the subject of Mr. Roykos article expands on the alleged in-
cident of a Welcome Wagon hostess reporting information to the
FBI. Attached to the transcript is a list of the TV stationsi currently carrying the Donahue show. C!__ .-Q
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reported in Mr. Royko's article. We understand, of course,
that the Bureau is constrained in providing information of
this kind by statute, but we would like to explore if there
is some way within the law that we can establish the precise
facts. 'I look forward to meeting with you in your office at
3:00 p.m. on Monday, April 25th. We appreciate your courtesy
and cooperation in this matter.
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CHICAGO - A Chicago woman recent-
ly wrote to the I-BI and asked what they
had on her.
A lot of people are doing this, especially
those who were involved in the peace and
civil rights movements during the 1960s.
They are curious about who was spying on' them. - -
'Ihe FBI sent the woman copies of some
of the repom that had been shipped from
Chicago to Washington about her peace
activities."
She got a terrible shock. And I don't
blame her.
It turns out that she was spied on by the
Welcome Wagon lady.
Yes, it is true. I've seen the FBI report.
That nice lady who shows up when you
move into a new neighborhood, especially
in the suburbs, and gives you coupons for
free dry cleaning, bakery rolls, shoe re-
pairs and so on. _She tells you where you
can find different services and asks for a
little information about you and the
family.
Actually, it is a commercial enterprise,
gnmething like an advertising agency. The
company gets the free samples from the
merchant, who also pays a fee to nave itThis is what the FBI report said. I've
changed the woman's name and address.!
U.S. Government Memorandum
To: Director, FBI _
From: Special Agent in Charge,
Chicago
"Date: 11-30-70
Subject: Jane Doe.
The records of the Welcome Wagon
determined that the subject and her hus-
band moved to Glencoe, Ill., on Oct. 3,
1968, and formerly resided at S689 South
Harper, Chicago. In Glencoc, they resided
at 663 Femwood, a home purchased by
husband Joe Doe. The records disclosed at
the time that they had two children, ages
S and 9. The husband is employed as a
sales executive for . . ."
There were all kinds of snoops and
finks during that turbulent period. I.aw~
suits have brought out that you couldn't
trust anybody. That clench-fist, slogan-
shouting, bushy-haired young man you
met in a trce in Grant Park was really
Agent 68291. In his beard was a tape
recorder, taking down all of your slogans.
But the Welcome Hagen lady? The
warm-hearted person who gave you thetvttbtc-Ixtr!/i92u'* ; ,¢;,»7~_ ._, d¬2l_ L54 25_ -' Welcome Wagon lady Was énooptes
felt so alone in the new community? The
person you suddenly felt so comfortable
with that you disclosed that your husband
worked at Lefty's Bowling Alley? A gov-
ernment snoop? .
The woman named in the report said: "I
vaguely remember when she came
around. She dropped off the usual coupons
for merchandise, asked a few questions
about where we used to live, what my hus-
band did, and things like that.
But it never occurred to me that I was
really talking to J. Edgar Hoover. I would
have told her to shove the tickets from
the laundromat." '
I called the FBI to ask if they had really
used the Welcome Wagon to do their
snooping for them. I never saw Efrem
Zimbalist Jr. resort to such unmanly
methods. _
An FBI spokesman said: lf it is in the
memo, then there was probably some
dealing with the group." _
~ Are you still doing that?
"We can't address that question one
way or the other."
So I called Welcome Wagon at its na-
displayed this way.! _ free ticket to the laundromat, when you tipml ofee in Memphi3_
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emphatically denied that her com.'1111Y
gives information to the FBI. At least not
now.
I wasn't here in l970,",she said, but
let's talk about the present.
We want to cooperate with government
agencies, but we couldn't give them infor-
mation without consent of the person
being snooped.! We would require a
subpcna. We would require some legal
compulsion.
"If the I-Bl came to us and said: Did
you call on Mrs. Whoever? I would tell
them they needed a subpena."
Mrs. Marhsall, who has been president
since I972, said she doesn't know what the
policy of the company was before she was
hired. But now, she says, you do not have
to hesitate telling your 92Velco..":e Wagon
lady anything. Their lips are sealed.
She sounded sincere and I believe her,
and so if you want to tell the Weiccrzie
Wagon lady how many children you have,
go ahead.
But I'm suspicious of that kid with the
Girl Scout cookies. "
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MUS C When former Nixon Aide, Morton Halperin, discovered
that he was being wiretapped, he took the Nixon Administration
to Court for invasion of privacy and he won. How many of us
are under supervision by the IRS or the CIA or the FBI? One
Chicago woman found her Welcome Wagon Lady working for the
FBI. Stopping the super snoops, a sober look at U.S. In-
telligence on the next Donahue. MORE MUSIC.
HALPERIN The FBI has determined for itself the various
itpolitical groups its politics/does not like. The Klu Klux
Klan, the Communist Party, the AntiWar Movement, the Women's
Movement, the Envioznmental Movement who were doing things
that it did not like. It then took the law into its own
hands, investigated those organizations, put spies in those
organizations, and slipped into manipulate the activities of
those organizations, when it knew what those groups were
doing was legal but it just didn't like the politics of
the organizations.
DONAHUE Also; one never knows when one is being spied upon.
Certainly Adelle Bawkin didn't know. Mrs. Hawkin, you are aa_,___?..___.-_-7
citizen of the Chicago area, this is the craziest story I have
every heard in my life. Mike Royko did_a column on Mrs. Hawkin
recently, although I donzt think you were named in the column,
but I appreciate your candor and your willingness to identify
yourself. what happened to you?
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HAWKIN 7 Well, when the Freedom of Information Act was passed,
.I sent for my files. Now, I had been active in the Peace
Movement and I figured they must have a file on me and so I sent
for my file and it took some time, but I got a letter from the
FBI saying that if I would send them I guess it was $5.00 or
$5.50 they would send me my files and they sent 55 pages
of files, most of which was pretty well deleted, but one of
the items that they didn't delete was the fact that the Welcome
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WEQOH Lady. I had just moved to the suburbs in 1968 and I
- was visited by the Welcome Wagon Lady who I am sure many
of the people in the audience know what the Welcome Wagon
is, they give you free tickets for cleanin£!and whathaveyou
and welcome you and it is an advertising gimmick and they ask
you about your family's income and how many cars you have
and how many children you have and what your husband does
and this information found its way into the FBI file on me.
DONAHUE The Welcome Wagon Lady was an FBI spy?
HAWKIN That is right. She acted for the FBI.
DONAHUE They are allover the place. Laughter from the audience!
HALPERIN ~ Jokingly! Will you ask the one in the audience to stand
up? More Laughter! You mean the one we were chatting with before?
DONAHUE I don't know whether your views were that clearly defined.
This is not a contest really, but can you imagine?
HAWKIN Well no. No, my first though was nothing is sacred.
You know, the Welcome Wagon Lady, my goodness. More Laughter!
DONAHUE - I guess you don't want anybody bombing people, inngcent
people, so if we can stop that with the wiretap, that is going to
be o.k. with both of us, I think.
HAWKIN Youare asking me to answer an absolute, and I can't.
DONAHUE Maybe we should review just for your sake and mine.
HAWKIN ALL RIGHT
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pretend that we suspect this terrorist here, o.k.? What
do I have to do as a .
HALPERIN - The first thing that has to be done, and let me say,
my own view is that we should never wiretap. You ask me what
the law is . '
HALPERIN - Made every decision not to stop it because the FBI
interests were not in preventing violence but in discrediting
that ovement by permitting the violence to take place.
DONAHUE We chatted with Adelle Hawkin who we have established
was spied upon by the Welcome Wagon Lady who was apparently
engaged by the FBI for that purpose.
HAWKIN The Welcome Wagon Lady, yes, I was talking in reference
to what Morton was saying. There also seems to be evidence that
the FBI acted as provocators in many of the organizations and
actually incited them to do violent acts, thereby causing the
problems.
HALPERIN Wasn"t the person who comes in and you know and
the people demonstrations weren't enough, let's go raid the
draft board or tear down this building or shoot somebody turns
out to be the FBI informant.
HAWKIN - In many of the Chicago peace groups this happened.
I mean the people who said you know let's get out there and '
be loud were actually the ones that were planted by either
the fBI or the Chicago Red Squad. _
DONAHUE At the time the Welcome Wagon Lady was visiting
you, you had moved into a suburban Chicago neighborhood,
you were the typical profile of the white suburban housewife
with two ? kids.
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HAWKIN - Two children, two girls.
DONAHUE - The only things maybe might have taken you a little
bit out of the mainstream is that you became, you remained
politically active and you attended what would be in very
imprecise language called liberal meetings.
HAWKIN - Well, I was active in Women for Peace, and which was
a very active group of women that protested the war, they
started out protesting the nuclear testing in the atmosphere
and moved on to protesting the war. H
DONAHUE - What are your feelings as you look back on this?
Do you realize that you were spied upon that there was a dossier
on you in the FBI Headquarters in Washington?
HAWKIN - I was horrified to think that well, I was horrified
to think that the Government would be wasting all of this
money, No. 1, on legal lawful political activities. The
citizen has a right to protest the Government activities that
they feel are wrong. I was sort of amused by the Welcome
Wagon thing, I mean that despite the fact that I was
horrified that this happened, this was I think sort of typical
of the kinds of information that the FBI gathered and then
again everything seemed to be tied in the Riot Squad does the
same thing, I mean there were newspaper clippings, I was
active in marches and things so they pick up pictures and
articles and everything.
DONAHUE Pierre Devose better be a Frenchman.
DEVOSE I.am a French speaking Belgium.
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DONAHUE I see, and your residence here in the United States
is for a duration of or has been for a ~
DEVOSE I was practically born here. I came here about 40
years ago.
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DONAHUE I see. I was going to ask you about you know
whether or not ycur view of America has changed from the time
you arrived here. 1
DONAHUE They had. Albert Jenner had a dossier did he not?
He was surveyed so to speak? Mr. Jenner being the Republican
counsel for the Watergate Committee?
HALPERIN There are examples of that kind which are virtually
endless. There is a file on Congressman Ralph.Metcalf, which
identifies him as a Congressman. That kind of thing which is
obviously serious spy work. I mean they are clearly protecting
us from something, probably a Congressman, is rife in the
files, but more importantly I think is.the political key to those
files. Everything in those files is related in one way or
another to political activity. Usually the political activiey
the machine didn t like at all. e
DONAHUE_~ I still feel
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DONAHUE ~ Spied upon by the Welcome Wagon Lady.
QUESTION FROM LADY TO HAWKIN Do you feel that you know and how
do you really know that you were spied upon?
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HAWKIN Well, when I sent for my FBI files under the Freedom
of Information Act, this was in there. That is how I found
out about it. I don't feel any fear from it because I
certainly I won't answer any more questions until I become -
a little more sophisticated in my outlook but the only feeling
I have is that one of outrage. I
LADY ASKING THE QUESTION - I think I would have that same
feeling. Especially, cause you have to be skeptical of everyone
and truthfully, I think that our whole judicial system really
needs to be revamped, I don't think we as citizens really
have a fair shakedown when it comes to criminal offenses and
are afraid to report something and if we do see it because we
are going to be retaliated against and I think that is a lot of
the problem with our United States. ~
HAWKIN It elicits paranoia.
APPLAUSE FOR THE LADY.
DONAHUE I must break, we will be back in just a moment.
STATION BREAK HEFE
DONAHUE - The Court did not find him
HALPERIN Some man's name Guiltfoot or something! found
that even though he had provided my name that he did not have
sufficient responsibility to the continuation of the past
that he should be held liable for damages.
QUESTION FROM MAN IN THE AUDIENCE We wanted to know if you knew
how did they get into your home for the tapping?
HALPERIN They don't have to get in. It is exactly like you
order an answering service. The FBI has leased lines and if the
phone company wants to tap your phone, they simply connect your
phone line from their main headquarters to an FBI leased line _
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LADY FROM THE AUDIENCE Mr. Halperin, I was just wondering,
Mr. Halperin said he had a responsibility to sue and I was -
just wondering how he arrived at the 20 and half million dollars. '
I mean do you '
TAPE IS CUT AGAIN. ~
HAWKINS Well, there is a form letter that you have that
Warnberg spelling! organization has that you write to the
agencies that you feel to be involved with the FBI, CIA, the
DON%HUE ~ Might as well cover them all, if you are going to do
this send one to everyone.
RANKIN - Right, I uean everybody that carries out some
sort of surveillance every agency. t -
DONAHUE You know it became a badge, you know a lot of people
are yery disappointed that they weren't on the honor list.
HALPERIN - The people that run the risk that if they write in for
their file, they may be told they don't have one.
DONAHUE Right, that would kill me, I am not even going to
write to them.
HALPERIN - Well, she did, the suit was brought on by my wife,
I think
DONAHUE And the telephone company was a defendant in the
case and exonerated by the V
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