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Senator Edward Kennedy — Part 3

199 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: Senator Edward Kennedy · 199 pages OCR'd
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: betedary eS era ne aa om erro Tog + wae te / weakly 8 Pr Saeaaiia Wiciscse ion sw oe cement oe OER ness \ ~ ick . . . a Lay ~ 2 Px + - . : OTN aren ve eee q thls e ; r . ; ~ ee Bes opetit._The Story Behind The News e he The. Fi eds Are Still | Listening To Us Here The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s world of ' electronics was short circuited in 1965 when hotel.-. men Carl Cohen, Edward Levinson, Johnny Drew and a host of others located and xemoved electronic listening devices in their a or". homes and offices, They Ey eee ee: a ‘a, Couldn’t sue the Federal gov~ te. wea “Se. ernment or the FBI, but the //.~" DA “alt | ‘US FBI agents, as individuals, .* ee) REET ': “¢ Were vulnerable, —_ Fy ae BRA Fs In Nevada, wiretapping has Ly a +." long been a violation of state pot. Be Hs “* law. Still, the FBI was heavily ! ‘ mars ;.. engaged inthe listening busi. iN We i: . “’ ness on orders from Wash- eH afi sn s. ATLL oat 3.2, _ ington under the doctrine that ” there is a Cosa Nostra anda Tar . Aas votes, e-Was at the head of the ton- aoe &- These 200 telephone terminals in the bull Bridger Streets helped the FBI keep track of Nevada gamblers nubial bed, The amount of through electronic eavesdropping, The FBI moved to the new te, “yee fa. whe ‘ Led Kennedy, A Lesson Le | . In Indiscretion In LV“ Peephole journalism isn’t our forte, ° ot Yet, when an aspirant for the Presidency of the. * « ' United States visits Las Vegas and conducts himself «- , in a ‘manner 60 appalling’that it reflects on still a subséquent indiscretion, it + should be put.on the record, *- The eyes of the nation will .‘. be focused on the inquest in mo “ Massachusetts on Sept, 3 -2 into the death on July 18-19 of Mary Jo Kopechne, The " voids in the story of Miss -- Kopechne’s death as told by ; ‘Sen, Edward Kennedy per. ‘- haps can be placed in their ae ey PrOper perspective by. his~ activities in Las Vegas, ‘ 4 *, ‘ . a a . of ‘;’ Mafia, that it does deal in “ay 1 itd NE ; Nevada Report regrets to \ “sa Rarcotics, gambling andsun-, = Ps be i. be the purveyor of such ar i#: dry vicious products, that it bed ere ae Ye ee + Sordid tale, yet the circum. ** Aaa woh . + mS eAr ahh ¢ . wa “32 is a disgrace and should bes Wey: Ne og, 3, Stances demand it. These not _ f @liminated. On balance,-what- : aeWt ‘nn “« vare the facts: ae aes if the taps violate the pay Tet Pa ioe 345 Wet airlines Pignt wre wn ‘3 Of a few hundred persons Fee Ae Oe os aes umbered up to the Mc~ |" "ss At one time, the FBI bugged = oo 4 | nn . Carran International Airport -: . .. the hotel suite of a popular mae “A. ,Passenger loading ramp '¥ Casino executive, The ‘bug: ding at 11th and. 2D0Ut 3 p.m, ‘last April 25. after a six and one half hour flight from New York, via | i, “Sympathetic laughter receiv- Federal Building, but taft the phone terminals behind.-Tha ry #ed by this man would. have ‘ss + delighted Damo . , Wiretapping has accelerated since the agents moved ta the new Quarters. The old Buil ding has been sold for $175,000 to the ; Chicago, It was 71 degrees. ty and a clear day as Sen Ed--..,.» ward Kennedy deplaned with companion Sen, WarrenMag-~"* ” n Runyon, The’ "sje. Verdict was. all his, and Musician's Union, wy critical of the FBI, , 1 oe Washingtoh' Outraged | The Department of Justice, in Washington was Outraged when its chosen representatives in Las a > “*. privacy by Levinson,.ét al. U, S. Sen, “ira Member of, the Administrative Procedure sub-committee of the J 7 mittee, sent an investigator to Las Vegas and found > the town to the i‘most. bugged city in the nation.” . - But, Sen. Long) who bugging by the Interna ** «off a probe of the FB ac explained why., Sen. ..Howard Canno y “: displeasure,.to the, Justice Deb 9 - gave Nevadans,- assurances that. the’ . been discontinued... Wai” But, has it?, vote’ ag fae tha ‘i, , Emphatically, . no, iWirecappin eft “And © + BY Shs \ & vty - for the “greeting. wer "\; Joseph Gargan, Kennedy’s cou Vegas were brought. into court .for invasion OF ; Edward Long, Practices and™ - udiciary Com- : Was intensely investigating . G/Kpnnedyn hig bid_yp unseat Sen, Russell.’ 1 Revenue Service, bac org OL idMa as fienate whip, It was alsoa |; I’s. activities, ‘It ee rr) chante «to. @feét Sen, Mike Gravel of Alaska and | ° oice g ragtice had - 0 (CLOSURE his arrival in.Las Veg -nuson of Washington. Onhand .” e Sen, Howard Cannon and -: * sin, and advance man’: ays making arrange-° S deputiés, assigned toinsure ‘ Stood in the background, ,who had been here for a few d “ments, A few sheriff’ " the senator’s safety, - + Maheu Hosts Recegti ‘The trip had a two-fold parpdse for Kennedy, 2 was 'a gesture of fritndghip! Jfor.. Cannon, ‘who supporte Hughes. aide John Meier to discuss thedevelopmienc. | of. the ABM, ‘and underground. testing in Nevada = - . rested Howard Hughes since an issue which has inte qs, s After the ‘customary handshakes, the group ot . “tito ja black dadan Wileh Was BAFKES GR the aLEHOFE ve UndesWAY JH dad Winad BEA NES
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