Show 1 n un I cn rn l 1 The 1 h e. e FBI on guard In a recent exclusive interview with the Washington based American Security Security Security ity Council radio program Washington Report of the Air FBI Director Clarence M. M Kelley stressed the efforts which the FBI is making to combat the threat of terrorism America in I eel think that terrorist activities and the bombings bomb bomb- ings that we have had are definitely a threat said Kelley y He mentioned the bomb explosion at New Yorks York's LaGuardia La LaGuardia LaGuardia Guardia airport and the killing of a police po po- police lice officer by a Croatian bomb in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City Some of those incidents he went politically oriented About the only thing we can do is carefully carefully carefully care care- fully keep track of such organizations Although we still have bombings I am inclined to believe that we would have had many more had it not been for the attention paid to these matters by the Bureau Kelley was also asked about the possibility possibility possibility pos pos- of some out far-out terrorist group going nuclear Kelley replied It has been circularized as a possible threat It depends of course ourse on the miniaturization of these nuclear weapons weapons weapons wea wea- pons and I just simply ca cannot ot speak authoritatively about that at possibility We mention this interview primarily to remind our readers that the FBI does have a very important role to play playas as a guardian of our lives and liberties With all the hullabaloo these days about alleged alleged alleged al al- al- al wrongdoings by the Bureau in years past we Yle sometimes may forget that whatever its faults the FBI's virtues far outweigh them Today especially it is not just ordinary criminals criminals crim crim- that threaten us but political on an unprecedented scale The possibility that some terrorist terrorist terrorist terror terror- group might one day get its hands onan onan on onan an nuclear device and use it to blackmail or terrorize the whole country is the nightmare of all security agencies With the FBI on the job that possibility is thankfully much re re- re- re |