Word: webster
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Webster, of course, defends his choice of Adams. While he acknowledges his inexperience at the bureau, he says he knew what kind of director he did not want-"someone who says, 'We've got a right to do whatever we think is best for the country.' " Webster points out that he talked to many people before naming Adams. He consulted with Bell, Kelley, Congressmen and Senators, six FBI field commanders and the 15-man FBI executive conference. Of the latter group, however, two top-echelon bureau officials agree that "only a couple of those guys know what...
...accounts, Webster has been doing that at a breakneck pace, while making extra chores for himself by intentionally delaying for two months the appointment of an associate director. His most time-consuming task has involved wrestling with FBI budget problems and testifying about them before appropriation committees on Capitol Hill. Webster has also been working with the Justice Department in formulating a new charter for the FBI, which, Bell promises, should be ready by July. In short, Webster has been as busy as Americans would expect a new FBI director to be. As his knowledge of how the FBI functions...
Bell ordered newly appointed FBI Director William Webster to investigate the hiding of the documents and take disciplinary action, ranging from reprimands to dismissals, against 68 agents who had carried out illegal acts under orders from Gray, Felt and Miller...
...Peter W. Webster, a first-year Div School student and a guard at the library, said yesterday he thinks the new regulation is a good idea although it will create more work for library guards, who will be required to come to work half an hour earlier...
...Webster said the reason the library does not currently require its users to present identification is that library officials wish to give ministers and students from other areas access to the library. At present, guards are only required to check books that people carry out of the building...