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Senater Clin i. Johnston, Senate Cffice Nuildins, Yashinrton, Be. Cy wear Senator: 1 I would like to comsend you and your conaittee staff for tie responsible and thorough manner with which the investigation of the Federal Enployees Security Program tas been pursued. liowever, there is one aspect to your con- tenplated investigation deserving of mention at this tine. . . Since your investigations will rest largely - on analyses of individual cases, there will probably be brought into sharp focus factual issues concerning a particular file resolvable by a review of confidential data in the investi-.... sative files maintained by the appropriate aencies of the iixecutive. Bven thcurh we would agree on - : the inviolability of investigative data in indi- vidual files, public excitezrent stimulated by * knowledge of -the alleged auuses of a particular. case wivht cause pressure to have such data dis- closed. It is inherent in our whole concept of duc process that investigative data concerning an individual should only be disclosed in a ~anner. . provided by law, eithor to a Grand Jury, a quasi judicial agency, or to an authorized person-in Wi - 148 FNCLOSUBB