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“ Compiling the pertinent information and writing the paper has all Federal Bureau of Investigation Public Affairs Research Unit ” Room 7659 Washington, D.C. 20535 v ‘ j \ Dear Sirs and Madams, Fp t lic Fe Shewte Ke Ab schon I am a senior law student at the a... School and called: yesterday concerning information on the Bureau‘s "ABSCAM" invest- igation which I need for a paper I am writing for a course. As TI related on the phone, the paper will be a general report on how that assignment came about and was handled, step by step... January 22,1981 ve dual purpose; besides acting as an academic endeavor, it may also give me a little insight into how Bureau activities are handled as I hope to join the Bureau upon graduation this coming May. The course I am writi this paper is “Organized Crime Control? and my professor, ai suggested that I ask you for all information you may have on SCAM, including all testimony ~ given by Special Agents, Director Webster, elected officials and-., defendants in the actions. In addition to these items, I also © .+ would like a copy of guidelines for Special Agents in such "sting" operations , and any responses by the Bureau and the Department of Justice to allegations of entrapment,ete. Included in the information I seek, I also hope to gather figures on ths costs for the operation and the up-to-date status on litiga p and lastly on the manpower expended by the Bureau. _ j Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated and I will be\mgsed than happy to let you know the progress of my paper as it develops. of course, I have very little time to put it all together asthe first draft is due soon, so I. would be grateful if the information could be sent to me at the address printed above as soon as poss- ible, preferrably before mid-February, Thank you for your help. to FEB 6 1991 soc ROTOR sine