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ABSCAM — Part 4

73 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: ABSCAM · 73 pages OCR'd
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oe sale 2 ~HOY-S4- Jog A -% —_—_—— i NEW MEXICO OUTSIDE SOURCR Noverber 17, 1960 bir. Williem E. Webster Director, Federel Eureau of Investigation United States Desartment of Justice Wasnington, D.C. 20535 tL, ~ : Aia® Dear Sirs (1 3 JI wes encouraged ty your remarxs in the Director’ "eS 5— age portion cf the Seotember 1960 issue of the FEI Law iEnforcement Eulletin. To me, it was a statement that undercover work is as ethical es it is successful and it constituted a commitment to such methods in the fu- ture. : tas a police officer, I am pleesed with the direction that ithe FBI is taxing end with the innovetion that progrars isuch as AESCAX end ERILAB represent. If an index of thonesty in government could be developed, I am sure that ‘4t would have soared to unprecedented heights following ‘the revelation of these operations, 1 believe that the “potential tenefits for the country from these programs ecuels or exceeds that of any other that the Eureau wculd be involved in. jrhe election results on Novemter 4th were a drematic in- laication of the public's dissatisfaction with the pre- isent adrinistraticn. I anticipate thet the new admini- istraticn will be more supportive of your efforts and of the goals that ell of us in law enforcement are striving ‘to achieve. CA Sincerely, - y \y ; 63-1156/- ANY aa 72EQ é F H
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