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e .. e -- Approved For Release 2008/11/06: CIA-RDP04M01816R000502010009-4 . Report of the Department of Justice Concerning Its Investigation and Prosecutorial Decisions with Respect to Central Intelligence Agency Mail Opening Activities in the United States The Department of Justice has decided. for reasons dis- :.a:'.i,;:cussed in this report, not to prosecute any individuals for "their part in two programs involving the opening of m~i'l to and £ran foreign countries durirlg the years 1953 through 1973. On·June 11, 1975, the President transmitted to the Attor- ney General the Report of the Commission on CIA Activities within the United States (the Rockefeller Commission). The President ,asked the Department of Justice to review the materials collected {by the Commission, as well as other relevant evidence. and to 'take whatever prosecutorial action it found warranted. At the direction of the Attorney.General. the Department's Criminal Division conducted an investigation to determine whether any government officer or employee responsible for CIA programs described in Chapter 9 of the Commission Report, involving the opening of mail taken from United States postal channels, or responsible for related or similar activities of the Federal Bur.eau of Investigation, had committed prosecutable offenses against the criminal laws of the United States. Such an investi- gation was immediately begun_ by the staff of the Criminal Division and regular reports on its status were made to the Attorney General. On March 2, 1976, the Senate Select Committee to· Study tit Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities acceded to the Department's request that the Criminal Division be allnwP.d access to the documentary evidence in its possession A roved For Release 2008/11/06: CIA-RDP04M01816R000502010009-4