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Pa RET A ——— i “Ronald Reagan j White House | Washington, D.c. 20500 September 11, 1981 Ronald Reagan White House Washington, D.C. 2 0 mar msn By Pos ponze be Bbscan When the recent episode occurred when the Superintendant of Police arrested the F.B.I. "Sting man", I thought that it was quite amusing and "serve the F.B.I. right". Since then, however, I have had the opportunity to sit back and reflect on the ethics on what the Federal Bureau Of Investigation has done and I feel that this is basically wrong. That is to say, the entire "sting" or “Abscam" is morally wrong and therefore not justifiable. I am certain that it is a very fine point in law that we are dealing with in the case of the Bridgeport Police Superintendant and as to whether or not he was actually being bribed. We harken back only a few years to President Nixon and his administration where they would bend only more than a few laws in attempting to “protect the national defense". With this, as we all recollect, they justified wire taps, break-ins, etc. etc. My premise is that in almost anyone the possibility of being set up for a "scam" is ever present and as with many of these people I get the feeling all the time that the flesh is weak, although the spirit may be quite strong. I consider myself to be a decent, honest and law abiding tax paying citizen, but I must admit that if someone came up to me and waved $50,000 under my nose, if I would vote a certain way on a certain bill being presented in Congress that I would be similiary tempted to take it. The difference between a"scam operation"and entrapment are very fine and certainly my mind is not complex enough to separate these out. I think the F.B.I. and other govermental agencies that &% Pnvolvea in these operations be give new directives and new mot ivation// Certainly the vast and lucrative drug trade that we have flying Sion Genta wrecking our youth and laying waste to tens of thousands of minds and bodies is vastly more important than proving that several ae. and representatives are after all, LZ 7 ZA\— ve 172 GD TION te coy 3 “er oo Ack <4 $4 CT 27 1981 ° ste 50 1981. A B99 - ;