U.S. WON'T DEFEND 2 AGENTS OF F.B.I.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-01208R000100240018-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: May 13, 1976
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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riEW YORK TIMES
13 MAY 1-976
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W A S:: i.N;i=TON. May 12-
d.;'clyd matt it tact d 'e
%o r is of the Federal B: -
n or In.vesti,ation Cct ti
i- a Ci. lawsuit of bn saariz-
ir.z line `.z York City offices
G, F. Sec ahst Workers Party,
a d j;ar :neat official said to-
ci a ?J.
The official said that the
6--cision no*_ to provide the two
ze nts '.vitit Government coon-.
s in the case was made'after
De3uty Attorney General liar-'
P. Tyler decided that a
(ia, ernrnent defense would'
}:.resent the departs tent ivith it
crf':ict ? Brest
The of icial and others toe.
firmed that the potential con-
!';; t:?as posed by a cur rent
tigati n, centered on the
ceparunert's civil Rights Divi-
s'.cn, of possible criminality by
F.S.T. agents who took part in
N:v York'burgiaries.
?,ir, Tyler renortedly decided
!tint ::gold be nappropriate
f,>r t Justice Department to
t in get :rt in one instance
STAT.c`', ity for which it might
eventually bring criminal pro-
secution in sep'rate cases, and'
h:4 authorized the retention, at
Federal expense. of private.
lawyer to represent the two
Agents' Names Added
Unite, States, District `udge
Thomas P. Griesa agreed yes-
terday agreed to permit the So-
cialist Workers Party to file an
amended complaint in its two-t
year-old lawsuit that added the
tames of the two agents, George P. Baxtrt ri Jr. and Ar-i
ti?ur J. Greene Jr.., to the list
of defendants in the case.
The judge's order also ap
proved the addition to the con:-.
plaint of John F. Malone. a for-
rner assistant F.B.I. director
who was head of the bureau's
New York field office from
1962 until 1975. But the Justice
-Department official said that
Mr. Tyler had made no decision
vet regarding counsel for
?.ialore.
The 92 known burglaries of
the offices of the Socialist
Workers Party and affiliated
organizations occurred on the
average of once every three
weeks from 1960 to 1966, and
many of :them, judging from;
F.B.I. documents made public
by the party, were approved byj
31r. Malone.
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!, .S, Tai re. Is no i_C._ral' I'hot t,ir us is i(:lo`,vn, caine"!(J-year sect 't ~'ra:rt of
.v r as l ltU a Opening nod photogrs.phing
;e h, ring', b:,r,' ''
'lrtit'E'i'.t la ;';~??,'?i'!,:,'."' ^-- t'. .?'.al: b.i !!ra? ~r (: G:: between the C-.
trd States
S?:Cl t??.: the C:`:l I'ig' 3 laws ~1::C'S: ~ ~L, ltli !; :. C'Ut?3Id ~-'! and Communist c')uniC
to i N C' P: s,,('t c, (,f the Unite(! \`ii t
taln the next t ^~.v ueeas,
'for v.' . ? en- Sate; (',ode :hict)makes iaet:d Justice officials, act., .._ on ;rt-
.... have .Oil.. no a COI`rpi C' to '..nla;.e (';Vii stntctions from Attorney Con-
- '.?a. ar(i on which he s. .e:oral F.(l:vard if. Levi, it. %;
;Documents
`:.B.I. r torts of the b :rr':dries
n::t made pul!ic 5:10w '.ve:e invariably con.-
W.:C~e't III
to'le Carly
o; li :iia:ion3 does not ))?ginip ected to begin nc?iif, ir. sever
to :, ;; cut until the conspiracyjal hundred individuals thatC
is b;oke:i by disccn~ery of theitheywereaffectedinsomer:ay,
ille ail a'.ctt in q:.!es:ion. .. by the F.B.I.'s domestic coun.l
another possibility is thatiterintell igence program.
othere ; ;. ur .t falaries occurred :with- That operation w:.s. a broad
r c ;;s r. co we:C n
3 r:'r_tintesi that I . ,: e;,~ttempt, beginning in 1956 amdl
i th re years tl.c.
i~rc d ti"'.. Trick lock,: to vain en-i n I? c
not been disclosed.' ending in 1971, to harass, uts-t
i nti '.vno rem loved o. veto-
;; - ;d Tarty documents they
a five enr Federal
sta:ute of iimitat`ors on the
nr?.ec.It.c=t of criminal acts. i
Unusual Decision uFn auu ? CU .7 n7Iic VtU tvu~ }nrl
litical Organizations of both the!
The Justice Department's 'de-;left and right. It included anon-t
,onion not to defend' the twolvmous mailings designed to:
F.B.I. agents itself is. unusual nitre the reputntionsof polio-t
although not unprecedented.!call
active individuals, to cost
y
itovre.'er. and wns unclear :;!An official said the depa?rtmentithem their.johs and to destroy
what aut onty the C-i-01,'had recently authorized private'their relations with friends and
division was im:estigaat-j counsel. for a group of ern-spouses: In s;(nveral cases, the
.I?? the C:imina lty of burglaries nlovees of the Central Intel-bureau's efforts were sLccess-
ligence Agency and the Postal! ful.
Service who were being suet!! The Socialist Workers-Pants:
in connection with the C.I.A.'s!lawsc:it, which is expected to,
!come to trial in Federal Court
;in New York within a few
months, is seeking damages of
S37.3 million for the harass-
ment to which the arty says
it has been subjected: It also
Tasks a judicial injunction
against further burglaries and
mail openings and the >.se of
informants against it by -the
F.B.I. and other agencies.
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