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5/15/85 JUDGE: RE: UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF GRAND, JURYS INFORMATION CONCERNING MARION S. BARRY, JR., MAYOR OF WASHINGTON, D.C., PRELIMINARY INQUIRY POSSIBLE OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE As you will recall, the Department, by letter. dated :10/12/84, requested that the FBI conduct a preliminary inquiry into the possible unauthorized disclosure to the' press of information protected by Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure relating to a Federal grand jury inyestigation involving .officials of the~District of Columbia, including. Mayor Marion S. Barry, Jr. The FBI was specifically requested to determine the number of individuals who had access to this information, their names, and the extent of their contact with . the information at issue.. By letter dated 12/19/84, our findings were provided to the Department for review. On 5/7/85, a representative of the Department's. Office of Professional Responsibility advised a representative of the White Collar Crimes Section, Criminal Investigative Division, that after giving careful consideration to this matter, no additional investigation would be requested b6 and the matter was considered closed." The Department plans b7C to. send us written confirmation of this decision. B. Revel. 5 JUN 7 1995 SUN 24188