CHARGES LACKING IN SUBSTANCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100830017-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 2, 1998
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: December 21, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
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S-131,331
DEC 2 1 1966
arges Lacking
in Substance
en, Joseph Clark. D- Pa... as een;
critical of the Central Intelliger~w ~??P~,y,!
claiming it has "achieved a pnsitinn.of pow-
er pretty close to the danger line." He did
not, however, list any.. reasons why he
thought this was true..
Clark then said the Federal Bureau of,
Investigation "poses a threat to the privacy
of the individual and poses a threat by way,
of blackmail, direct or indirect, on anybody
who has the effrontery to say anything un
kind about J. Edgar Hoover."
These are two serious charges and Sen.
Clark should have been able to cite specific'!
examples of how and when the F$I was a
threat to the privacy of an individual or
when any threat of blackmail has been used.'
But he did not.
The FBI is a highly regarded organiza
Lion with a record which puts fear into any
criminal. It has been built into probably the:
finest lavl"enforcement group in , the world.
The FBI might interfere with the privacy
of a wanted criminal by placing him in
i prison, but with the kind of record for re-
sponsibility built up by that bureau; the
Pneral indictment of Sen. Clark does not
have much force'
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