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Show Pt9 TejfjNe Tht Dc9y Utsh Chronic, Opi;i 1K3 'Finnxthvjnnforcnmnntin thn vjorid' Local agorrts bIiiev Continued from page four it was revealed thai the FBI used covert surveillance excessively, often constituting invasion of privacy. According to testimony, the FBI harrassed groups it judged subversive and participated in the Counter Intelligence Program, COINTELPRO. which, among other things, sent letters to Martin Luther King hoping to intimidate him into committing suicide. In addition to these revelations it has been alleged Hoover bugged King's bedroom and that Hoover's successor. Patrick Cray, obstructed justice when he destroyed tapes crucial to the Watergate investigation. Brundage offered a mixed reaction to such past events. "Well, I think you've got more control today of the FBI through Congress and through the Department of Justice than you've ever had, w hich is good, and which is bad. You've There were points when power was abused. got a trade-ofbad it It's too happened because I think it's taken away from the effectiveness or at least slowed the process down. f. "We're not the crime killers we used to be, which is unfortunate. But I can't pass judgement on what happened. As an individual, I could say these things were wrong, but being an agent now, I say what's past is past; let's look to the future. Ijet's develop the bureau to the effective organization it once was," Brundage said. Erukson said, "You cannot be responsible for other human beings." She added, however, that she does believe Hoover and Cray exceeded their authority. In light of these abuses of power, a growing number of c ivil libertarians question the FBI's right to exist in a free soc iety, esKc ially if it has deteriorated into an arm of the exec utive branch that acts to suppress political dissent. Additionally, political activists, particularly those on college campuses, fear the FBI is conducting investigations on their activities, or will resume investigations into their conduct as the anti-dramovement picks up steam. ft Brundage outlined the reasons why he thought this argument invalid. "First of all, I would not call us a federal police force," he explained. "Secondly, we need an agency odd that has authority throughout the country to coordinate all these activities. Generally you don't have a group of con men who have isolated themselves in one state or one locale; they spread throughout the United States." nw FBI' subversive file in the Salt Lake City office. Brundage said, however, that although he had no knowledge of investigations concerning the activities of subversive individuals, "we can tell you what's going on today, and that's not happening. We don't keep a file on subversive activities at the University. We don't go around campus looking for agitators and following them around; we're not allowed to. at least under attorney general guidelines." Brundage said. so-call- ed He added that only an agency such as the FBI, hich has national authority can coordinate investigations of crimes that are happening in Nevada. New York and Florida. He w also said the bureau has the ability to disseminate information to local authorities, and thus aid their investigative efforts. Erickson commented on this subject as well. "There is a particular part of the FBI constitution that slates that On the subject of investigating campus acti v ities. Erickson said. "We no longer investigate draft dodgers, or people who are running away from the army." Brundage said, "They (the FBI do not have bugs under everyone's bed. and they're not watching everyone through )eephoIes." The cause for concern among civil libertarians and political fringe groups such as the Socialist Workers Party, which now has a lawsuit (tending against the FBI. centers, at least in part, on federal guidelines which were in effect in the mid-70The guidelines stated "Investigations are to be dim ted to the gathering of material pertinent to determine whether or not the subject or subject organization has violated or is violating or is engaged in a violation of one or more of the statutes enumerated below or in fulfillment of subversive acts will be investigated, but that doesn't mean we have a file on subversive people in the Salt Lake City office," she said. It is possible to obtain FBI information on "subversive activity" by filing a request through the Freedom of Information Act. Erickson said. Is the FBI performing effectively, considering that figures show federal crimes are on the increase? s. departmental instructions." Four principal statutes provide a basis for these investigations: "First, for rebellion or insurrection, second, for seditious conspiracy, third, for advocating the overthrow of the government and finally, civil rights act of 1968..." It was statutes such as the fourth which allowed the attorney general and the FBI to investigate "subversive organizations" and "subversive individuals." While there is no verifiable data that the Salt Lake City bureau now keeps or has ever kept a comprehensive subversive file, it did keep a file on a "Mr. X," who was once an active member of the Socialist Workers Party. In an interview conducted in fall of 1976, special agent William J. Geierman confirmed that a file containing newspaper clippings was kept on "Mr. X," a University student. With regard to a subversive file, Brundage and Erickson said they were not aware that it existed, and that there was no According to Brundage. "I think that in looking at our effectiveness, you've also got to look at the amount of resources we have. We're suffering as much as any other agency as far as cuts in the budget and restraints the on people we can hire. That all has something to do put with how effective we are. In this division alone we're about three or four people short. Based on the number of cases we're working on right now, we could have over thirty agents. We could handle three or four more, which is a nt increase. we have, I think we're a lot which do with our effectiveness. If has to understaffed, lime devote one all can't or two cases, you spread to you your yourself thin on a number of cases trying to work all of them, and that has something todo with it. So I think we're doinga good job; we're trying to hold our own. I think with the economic conditions the way they are it promotes more crimes, and I think it's something we'll have to reckon with. 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