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te 5 There is but one difference between | 3 the position that Park Chamberlain so P lucidly sets forth in his letter and that of $ _ devoted to the preservation Ofinalicnable | ; i f° b the ‘AFSC and the - ACLU: “the - lust {r-distinguishing- feature -of s government Tights Of life and liberty is that it must be - performs its functions as with the ends. H --The AFSC'and the ACLU criticized the |. police. and FBI action in’ Meridian, ; | Mississippi, - as described in the . only gegcd ":[Public-report ‘that has been ‘made of it, . because the “use of illegitimate ‘means hata - [Uireatened the protection of the” very has “ep Sights ; of ©. life” and:. liberty. ° whose: :z- .]Preservation was the object of the action 4 “ -}*- The illegitimate means used were: (1): €ntrapment and (2) murder. The reported * Se re a] a. tversion -of the incident discloses that the’ 2+$36,500 paid tothe informers was used aK b, 00" ‘procure . this ‘particular: attempted >’ ",., bombing at this particular time ‘so that a. trap’ could be faid. And ithe’ reported 5 f° "Version tells us -that the police and the 35 :“AFBI laid this trap, not for the purpose of =: 4. < -athering “evidence against, these’: #4 ‘Fadividuals and’ apprehending’ them ‘so at. they might be made to stand trial, are “*) ¢-PUut for the purpose of murdering them: » AS 2 * : ‘4 police and FBI effort- was apparently ©» -~ « eo 2 vy Successful, By entrapment and murder (of “is. -+ "“z.. [ one of the two: intended victims), they? ifs ‘ ato “3 - appear to have terminated the series of *~ “s “+! : "\" bombing outrages. But this fact does not™" 7% : fees 75, Prove that either the murdered woman {23° tor her surviving partner were criminally MoSd - fesponsible for the bombings or that; if: a + they were, they merited the’ death , e | “32 sentence. Under our ‘system, neither of-. > ¥+, “pat m4 3 “‘aMunction of the police or FBI, and the Pm “+, assumption. of them by the police and: > Rac _y FBI amounted to dangerous usurpation: © ne | poe be? d ke those determinations were properly the” 3 . Of power, It ‘denied the rights of two. “x ; i” » Vundesirables™ and threatened the rights” F-2". | ag OL Me rest of ihr oe ey i I , ue ets : 7 a wile, toh * Pe ~ 4 a. , vo . . — baie! - oe - “ * . - . ‘ a et te : a wie oe, . . on - : ~~ . oe soho Ld . ane , . " ae - - i ar E: . . ws ot ’ . . + mT ge peeng ce ee mete: Jie ere ee tate ee ensue”. rn . x, - ' ‘ - wee , x + A A ie a! = em | te ee — wins - ose es . _ : . “ =. , . eo” roel . . ° : a - 88 concemced with the means by which it’ < Yet : OE. sights. ENCLOSURE o /co7 W3 TOIT ee oe 4g. | lawless * ax Because “the police/FBI action w: ; apparently successful and because “he = “undesirables”, the public's silene acceptance Of such conduct is especially « angerous. “Any individual. who does —-—~-~ anything Co attract attention to himself eer (whether the result may be socially useful ({ OF socially destructive) risks being viewed _ 88 an undesirable. Acquiescence in such means of dealing with _ ; | undesirables will -erode our national ~« ~/ Commitment to the preservation of the | very rights that Park Chamberlain extolls, j~ Once we have accepted the legitimacy of “means that diminish such rights, it is but .. § small step to abandoning the end itself - (ie that tt is the highest and finest duty of --.” f government to protect basic human a a «* ** John de J. Pemberton, Jr. * “27.4. Executive Director tican Civil Liberties Union 7% New York || , “* . **. : ‘ tla . -- eer emu ke arenes a Oe r victims were viewed by most People as °. °