Word: bagfuls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Clarence Kelley, who became FBI director in 1973, had either been misled by his colleagues or, as one of them suspected, been doublecrossed. Reason: for about a year, Kelley has been assuring everybody that in 1966 J. Edgar Hoover had ordered agents to stop using burglaries, known as "black bag jobs," to gather evidence in domestic cases. Since then, says Kelley, the FBI has resorted to break-ins only in a handful of investigations involving foreign spies in the U.S. As Malone's list demonstrated, however, the FBI kept conducting burglaries-the last one on the list is believed...
...directors in Washington for approval of an investigation employing an "unorthodox" or "unusual" technique and promising "full security." Attached to the request was a detailed explanation of what was meant by full security. Recalled an FBI official: "The explanation made it plain that what was suggested was a black bag job and included the physical layout of the target and the schedule of the security men, if there were any." Headquarters' approval was qualified: "As long as full security is assured, go ahead." According to the official, this meant "go ahead, but if you're caught...
...trend seems even more advanced in the Colonies. The bag wig, with its black-silk sack to encase long braids, and the shorter bob wig, with neat rows of curls about the sides of the head, remain popular. But the wigless look, once associated with fashion iconoclasts like Benjamin Franklin, has already been adopted by no less a pacesetter than General Washington...
...this country I find we have a maddening tendency to back our candidates into corners, then demand that they produce instant remedies from either a "liberal" or "conservative" bag of tricks...
...uncertain" or "the examination is worthwhile even if it fails." In a sense, Rosovsky realizes this is a giant undertaking that rests smack in the middle of the gray areas he's so uncomfortable with; he is, therefore, far from anxious to immediately put all his marbles in one bag...