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Friday, April 21, 1978
University Daily Kansan
FBI director wants specifics in new charter
WASHINGTON (UPI) - FBI Director William Webster said yesterday that a proposed new charter for his agency should address the problem of undercover agents who were asked to engage in illegal activities for the organizations they had in connection.
Undercover activities are necessary to meet our commitment in fighting organized crime. Webster told a Senate judicial subcommittee considering the FBI charter. He said situations arose where agents, in their undercover roles, were called upon to do things that might violate state or federal law.
ALTHOUGH AGENTS are flatly prohibited from engaging in acts of violence, Webster said that a gray area existed concerning other possible activities such as use of forged credentials or carrying a bribe; containing a bribe or like.
At present, he said, the agency and the attorney general deal with these situations on a case-by-case basis. But Webster said that any statutory charter for the FBI should contemplate this kind of activity and place the responsibility on the attorney general to review and approve each illegal action.
ATTORNEY GENERAL Griffin Bell told the panel about a recent incident involving two FBI agents who were working undercover with the radical Weatherhead organization. The undercover agents were Witnesses. Weeks later, to give marksmanship training, Bell said.
The FBI went to Bell for a written authorization for the training, which, Bell
Bell said he finally authorized the agents to give marksmanship training on a machine.
"They could teach them to miss every time," he said.
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