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>. othe burglary Hie :inted on pages ~ pe date T men- mecdze that the ibat or other ne put it this nd if there is the SWP or 15s committee ? ure von there aw ype ea n office was mastitution or Persons going not. possible eawrinle «3 SE tabiS, ATG his atten- we oO = = ; + gees : a Chairman Pixg. The time of the gontieman has expired, Mr. Milford. _ Mr. Manronp. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First, I would like to clear up for the record the colloquy you bad with the chairman concerning this Lori Paton statement. According to her written statement the appropriate words were: “I was shock when FBI Director LaPrade wrote back denying I had been the sub- ject of an investigation.” Now the record is clear on it. . Mr. Wannatn. Thank you. I picked up “FBI Director.” I did not ick up “LaPrade.” In that instunce, I have read the letter signed by Mr. LaPrade. He was not the Director. He was specia] agent in charge of our Newark office. ° . Mr. Minrorp. Mr. Wannall, on the surface it would seem that sev- eral witnesses have appeared before this committce and have given some very disturbing testimony against the FBI. Some of these accu- sations and allegations are very serious. Under our system of justice, whether in our courts or before our juries or even im congressional investigations, there exists the right of rebuttal by the accused or maligned. Without a doubt the FBI has heen accused of some serious aberrations and violations of our laws. There are actually two hearings going on here today. _ One is the official hearing being conducted by this committee on be- half of the House of Representatives. The other 18 a pubhe heanng that in effect is a form of trial by television and notoriety by news- apers. p With little doubt tonight’s television and tomorrow’s newspapers will detail the sensational statements made by the witnesses that ap- peared before this committee today. ; Untike our legal system of justice, the press 1s not required to plod through painstaking investigations to assure that all legitimate facts are known and presented to the jury or to the public. . They are legally free to print or broadcast any item of information as long as someone will simply say it—particularly if it conveniently fits a 1-minute TY blurb or 300-word newspaper item, and particularly if the quotes are sensational, controversial or scandalous. ; While the FBI is probably going to flunk out as a TY star in.to- night’s news or as a celebrity in tomorrow’s newspaper, I think it is extremely important for this committee's record to have the complete and detailed information concerning the allegations and accusations that have been made by witnesses before us today. You have rebutted portions of that testimony, Mr. Wannall. I real- ize that yon may not be able to fully comment on each and every alle- gation that has been made today. The time remaining for this com- mittee to finish its investigation will probably not allow us to call you or other FBI officials back before the committes in formal hearings. Therefore. I will ask you, as an official of the FBI, to take the state- ments of each and every witness that have appeared here today in each case where the FBI has been charged with the commission of an ille- gal act. or where allegations of improper actions have been made, and I would ask you to supply for the committeo’s record the following information: . . a (1) All evidentiary information contained in FBI files that will either substantiate or rebut each allegation, a os * ee ite are - ie POL eT er