Word: fbi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Likewise, those who criticize the Kennedy brothers' approval of an FBI wiretap of Martin Luther King Jr. are, in Schlesinger's book, "outsiders." Those on the inside understood the exigencies of the time and understood why the tap was necessary. Those on the outside really could not grasp the whole situation...
...classless society's life-style since he defected to the U.S. last spring. After being debriefed by the CIA, he has not only enjoyed freedom of movement, but also savored the fruits of capitalism. Using at least four aliases and always trailed in public by a CIA or FBI bodyguard, the Ukrainian has been frequenting Washington's bars and discos and relaxing at resorts in the Caribbean and Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains. For companionship (his wife Lengina died in Moscow of an overdose of pills after his defection), Shevchenko has been leasing the close attentions...
Kelly said that this threat of suit forces FBI agents to worry and lay off cases, weakening their investigative efforts...
Kelly cited recent attacks on FBI informants, and the reduction of domestic security cases from 100,000 cases under J. Edgar Hoover's directorship to a present 200 cases as other examples of the FBI's weekend investigative powers...
...FBI doesn't know whether it's been on solid ground or not," Kelly said...