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ety ce ae ee ee ad ae to be committee concern, not this committee, over has there been too much dissemination. . . ; . . So the FBI is in the position of, at different times in oar h ’ being damned for doing too much and damned for doing too litt And it is because of reacting to what we try to judge is what they want us to do, and this is what we are not in a position to do. We need the will of Congress expressed in some definitive measure, yet providing the Iatitude, because as you have seen from these problems, there are many that there are no black and white answers to. There have to be occasions where, when you are confronted with an extreme emergency, someone can act, and I don’t think or anyone else wants to tie the hands of law enforcement when today we have over 10 million serious crimes in the United States. We have 1 million crimes a year involving violence, and there has to be a capability to react. But we need to know in better terms what is our role in this, especially in domestic intelligence. Senator Monnarz. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Senator Tower [presiding]. Senator Schweiker. Senator Scuwerrer. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Adams, in 1066 8 letter written by the Bureau to Marvin Watson, Special Assistant to the President at the White Hous and the mat of thie latter wa to the President at the White House, and the gist of this letter was, in reference to his request, and I want to make it clear it was his request, not the Bureau’s, authors of books that were critical of the Warren Commission report on the assassination of President Ken- nedy, were requested to file any pertinent personal data information, dossiers, et cetera, on seven individuals whose names I will not discuss. Do you have any knowledge as to why the White House requested this kind of material on the Warren Commission critics! Mr. Apame. I don’t recall. I am familiar with the-material. I did review it some time ago when we were testifying before the House Committee in February, but I don’t recall that I saw in there any specific motivation on the part of the White House group requesting this information. Senator Scnwztzer. Now, in the same letter it also says a copy of this communication has not been sent to the Acting Attorney General. Mr. Apams. Yes. Senator Scirwerger. Number one, is that a normal procedure, when you get requests of this kind that the Acting Attorney General is by- passed, and why was the Attorney General bypassed in this instance? Mr. Apass. This is not a normal procedure. It is not the procedure followed today. There was a period of time where, at the President's directions, Mr. Hoover reported more directly to him in certain areas, and it was apparentiy a feeling that he did not want the Attorney General to know certain things. Senator Scrweiker. One of the dossiers specifically included photo- graphs of sexual activities. r. ADams. Yes, sir. Senator Scrrwrixen. And my question ia, how is that relevant to being « critic of the Warren Commission? What standard do we use when we just pass photographs of sexual activities to the White House! Is this a normal proceeding when a dossier is requested? Is this normally included, or did they specifically request photographs of this kind, or what tight can you shed on this!