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Moreover, the COINTEL Program had by the time that it was applied to black nationalist groups been in existence since the 1940's and in the wake of racial violence was extended to the Ku Klux Klan in-the mid-1960's, and there was no reason for the federal appellees in the Chicago office to believe that it was not a well- established and:proper program. Likewise, there was no reason to assume that its intent "to neutralize troublemakers" contemplated illegal conduct as contrasted to simply preventing criminal activity {compare Slip Op. 37 with footnote 8, supra). 4. Judge Swygert's references to items which constitute other than obtaining and furnishing information do not enemies inferences: that the antandenes should have — their nei qd hea were in vio- lation of the constitutional norm. These activities constituted either the saree ends of Sega onan law enforcement duties (@.9.; service of a fugitive arrest warrant or “the wiretap on ‘BPP ‘Headenawe rters {Slip Op. 12))+ or the obtaining and transmitting to FBI, Washington, of details on the incident of December 4, 1969, none of which indicate FBI involvement beyond the. required furnishing of uPreemmpetil-cs (see Slip Op. 25-26); or discretionary legal determinations such as whether sufficient evidence existed to report possible violations - of law (Slip Op. 14; Tr. 8460-2); or errors in internal office ‘procedures such as misfiling of office memoranda (Slip Op. 14, spree pte 8 cont'd/ in our society. Other targets were members of groups that had been involved in violence, such as the Ku Klux Klan or the Black Panther Party. . . . [Pinal Report of Select Committee, Book II, p. 212-213.] - 13 =