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Abbie Hoffman — Part 37

123 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Oct 14, 1971 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 122 pages OCR'd
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( Abbott Howard Hoffman Jack Anderson: All I know is...he caught one of his 17 year old clerks cuddling on the couch with his girlfriend, Well this clerk because he got caught cuddling on his couch past 2:00 o'clock, you're supposed to be in bed by 2:00, after 2:00 o'clock, the giris are supposed to te in their bunks, boys in their bunks...the girl fell asleep on the couch with this poor 17 FBI agent, not agent excuse me, he was a clerk, When this was reported to Hoover, the poor fella he had to write out a confession, that was the first thing he had to do, a detailed confession, step by step, minute by minute of how he spent the entire evening and after the confession was turned in he got a very strong reprinand from the Director himself. Now I don't know how many they have, how many employees they nave, I wink it’s 17,000, tnat Hoover was sufficiently concerned abovt this cuddling on the couch that he wrote a personal letter of reprimand to the young fella. Abbie Hoffman: (Unintelligible).....They're not all bad. I should Bayseee.l'm kind of helpful in some way, I'm writing this article on how to rob banks for fun and profit and I've had & series of corréspondence with the FBI over tné past two months and they've been engaged in the bulk of the research. {uninteliigible)......In fact that was how I learned that he J stood for John because J, Edgar Hoover sends me al] the reports on how the bank robbery.....it's quite a lucrative field. He does take a personal interest in his correspondence, Jack Anderson: ,APS a4 a eee WEL, G1 Yu i going to s Abbie Hoffman: That's another show. I found another document you might be interested in....-this is a photostat of the order that the Government went into District Court, Federal Court in Washington justifying the wiretapping of my personal phones. it's signed by Deputy Attorney General Kleindienst (phonetic) and I presume that the FBI has been in wiretapping people who were on trial in Chicago et cetera for a number of years. Do you have any kind of evidence how extensive this wiretapping is. t you have to do to get yourself a letter and authorization Yoen Kpindienst (phonethe)?” I'm declared, I think, & BACAONAL. ooee < w
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