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™~ that was ordered to review the case by r. Bell last spring. 4 Thomas Bolan, Mr, LaPrade’s lawyer, - gaid he could net comment on the case. John Wilson, a spokesman fo rihe Justice Department, said chat lawyers handling the investigation referred comment to Renjamin Civelletti, an Assistant Attor- ney General in charge of the criminal * division, and that Mr. Civelletti was on the way to Los, Angles. Laler Marvin denart.- Wail, the chief spokesinan for the -tent, called back and said that tt was declining comment because this was an ectye coinmmal mveslipacon, As the case has drapedéd on, lawyers both within the departinent and far the _defense, weithers of the F RBI. and those Sunder investigation have criticized the . department's delay. “This has left alfthese mien [EBL offf- cials and agents im:plicated in the report- ed abuses] in limbo: over whit’s poine to happen,’ one defense lawyer -cam- plained privately. “And [ thiak that's vastly unjust.” The starting date of the investigation has not been reported. But it has been ee a a, a Two months later, department ‘lawyers wrote, to John Moarley,.a former F.8.I. | cfficial who headed internal Setirity in- telligence work in New York at one point, fend tald him he was no jJonger a target rof th: investigation, ; er I: has been clear that Mr. Bell has. been reluctant to prosecute agency men for actions taken during their investipations. ‘He has been under heavy pressure fram ereups supporting the F.B.L -and’Trom ecuservative national security advocates we Cales jwho fave argued (hat the Goverantent icould mot prasecute its employees: for property tryine ta protect citizens aginst i Jangerous agitators. © he oni * Kelley Sces New Sensiivity cnt | LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 (AP}—Law on j forcement cfiicials, despite a lendency to “cry disaster aver cach new Supreme Court decision” that broadens defend- pants’ rights, have gained a new sensitivity {to human worth, Claisnce M. Kelloy seid | today. a | Tha retiring Director of the F B.{'told the international Association of Chiefs ;of Police thal sensitivity to constitutional under way at least 16 months, according ‘+ ightsand the “individual's innate woh” to recordsand interviews. At the endiwas the most important change he nad of the Ford Adntinistration, Justice De-! seen in 37 years af pclice work. 7 partment lawyers were reported to have| As the associunun's S4in anmuab 2on- prepared to cecummmedd a series of pruce-) ference began,Gov. Edmund G, Brown Ir. cutions. : vof Califaria chat. od the chiefs to sup- Four months later, Toa Kearney, a res! part the cause Of excluded groups in‘sacl- tired bureau su.pervisur, was indicted oniety.. . . ohkt. charges secanpiney frem- Ube case, In the] "Tbis not enough to indules in the per- uproar that foilowed, Mr. Bell ordered; ceptions of the past, hut to uy to ass:mi- a Washington grand fury to completely!tate and welcome into the mainstreain review the abegations and detesmine | ef scciety these gricups who for loo tong whether higher-ranking officials had or-}have been left gut.” he said. mentioning dered the ihegal activines. e+ [he elderly, wont: and (0, Bertie 6s