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be : i * 0419 (Ref. 8-20-79) CG 7 ©) * Bee AD Adm \ - . Exec AD Inv. Exec AD.LES cae . Asst. Dir.: ‘Adm. Servs, Intell. Laboratory Legal Coun, __ Plon. & Insp. Rec. Mgnt. Tech. Servs. __ Training Public Affs. Off. _ Telephone Rm. Director's Sec’y — oe Presidentialorders =" * * one Eight years ago, we had Watergate. Today” we have Abscam. ae ‘In Watergate, the President of the United States, as the chief executive, directed his FBI to limit an investigation of a crime com- mittee. It met with the universal moral indignation of all authorities in politics, in the news media, in the legal profession, and in the academic world. ~~ moe ~ ,__ In Abscam, the President directs his FBI instead to investigate ¢rimes committed, to tempt the representatives of the people, in. Congress, in accepting bribes (of money paid by the people in taxes). Then he directs his Attorney General to prosecute them and try to put them in jail. So far, this has met with the general approval of the same authorities.’ : T have talked about this with quite a few; people and everybody seems confused about why the first is worse than the second. Can _anybodyenlightenus? 27 2 Concord, Mass. ‘Pieter J. van Heerden The Washington Post Washington Star-News Daily News (New York) The New York Times . The Wall Street Journal The Atlanta Constitution The Los Angeles Times Christian Scsgace Menifee 22 tobe . nog) 72 . Date - - ASAC Weldon Kennedy, Boston, 2-21-90 — ; ‘called and left the following _~ “name and address for you: ae cas Pana 35% FeI/DOs