The Nation, October 30th, 1989
Can Sessions Tame the Bureau?
With neither a bang nor a whimper, Attorney General Richard Thornburgh issued new guidelines in early September that apply to investigations of U.S.-based groups suspected of participating in international terrorism. Since the guidelines are secret, we cannot know what they say or whether they would guard against Federal Bureau of Investigation outrages such as its investigation of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES). That probe-opened under the previous guidelines established by Attorney General William French Smith during the R...
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