sive' - forget it.
Greene had been called as a trial witness by the Socialist Workers Party and Young Socialist Alliance, who are sulle the United States government and its agencies tor $40m damages in compenillegal acts salon against them …neE skyists are also seeking an injunction to bar further illegal government activity against them.
Greene's job was break the YSA natNew York. in cours court 1960-66.
But then he ran into a problem, because Judge Thomas P Griesa insisted on a little background information.
were considered MCLEOUS proper, and WICH proper? Didn't you need search warrants breaking into private premises?
Powers Green replied that, yes criminal matters they were told that a search warrant was required. But ne recall ally such instrucin domestic security. He the executive powers of the President, starting Will Roosevelt in the late 1930s.
This was pretty serious So the judge asked stutt l what evidence of illegal achad been uncovered. Did the FBI find that the SWP was plannThat was the blunt ing organise kidnappings, emsabotage or Dalk similar activities?
Well said Greene, 'one of our highest objectives was establish whether the SWP was violation of the Voorhis Act'. This Act, passed in 1940, makes disclosure of membership fists Cull pulsory for any organisation SWP does not pay dues to or cast decisive votes in the Fourth although it otherwise collaborates fullest Greene's story about the Voorhis Act keeps cropping up whenever governical agents take the stand. And the judge feels he's being taken for a ride. es Mandigo took this Charles Mandigo took line the previous day, Judge Griesa could hardly conceal his impatience:
'Nobody could ever contend that you would have to have a 40-yearSW and YSA to establish surve alice ul the they violated the Voorhis Act or the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
the 1s quilt callial FBI didn't have the this sagatesu subject — they never proscculcu anywiic.
But if events in court sometimes resemble high lies Tance.
them deadly serious.
Former FBi agent Ureene spelled out the governal means "subversive activities' Who's on the side of his FBI 'wanted know government and The implications of this are staggering. It is no secret that only a quarter of the American electorate Polls Reagan. show less than 20 per cent Washington's support tor intervention Salvador. latest proposals, include cuts in retirement benefit, are cutting into Reagan's limited support further.
What is more, the opposition to the administraout onto the streets. Every whether. its focus is vador. nuclear power, the racist killings Atlanta, the Equal Rights Amendment, the rail cutbacks, miners' general outburst against the wav society is oraerec today.
Action Even the burcaucrats are being forcen to recponor age Aru CIO federation just announcea nationa march against the budget cuts, lls first such action since 1975.
people are 'subversives' according to ureene s action. And other developments confirm this was no slip of the the SWP suit opened, FBI agents W Mark Felt and Edward S Miller were pardoned by Reagan after being convicted break-ins in the early The official statement pointed to 'their good that were necessary to preserve securit Intelests our record demonstrates that they acted WIll criminal intent, but in the helief that thev had grants of authority reaching the highest CVES of government.' Which is ex. actly what the SWP/YSA suit is all about.
Reagan's statement explains that menca was at war in 1972'. That is not formally true: no such bill had ever passed Congress, nor nad ine Anchcal Dcu ple voted to go to war. But it is true in one important sense: the American government and waging war on the democratic rights of its people.
As opposition develops to its policies the White House is stepping up that wal Today executive order - Ine salt kind of mandate the FBI used for 40 years to spy on the SWP being drafted for the CIA. The York Times 01 14 May revealed that one source 'believed the new draft would permit the extension of covert actions to be undertaken by the agency within the United States cumstances' One possibility, according to the 'would infiltration Ine disruption of a political group consisting mainly of Americans but that is led by foreign nationals, or a group suspected of being agent of a foreign power. This could include groups promoting "solidarity" with or sympathy for such foreign Bicyclicity ONE of the most riveting pieces ot testimony yet heard In trial was the deposition of John the 113th Military Group in Evanston, Illinois, read out in court on 14/15 May.
shows the length to which the state agencies will go to harass socialists including direct association with far-right organisations US Legion of Justice. an edited version of his courtroom statelicilo Chicago nolket penetrated the YSA on behalf of thi debrief this out the knowledge in the Chicago Police Department. you know about the individuals that standard oroccaure working against, you can counteract their activities..
Based on information he obtain ed, we were able to create a marital situation or create a situation among married couple members of the YSA that we eventually broke the marriage caused interna who was a high school student from WELL TU BEL COME RILL ONIN FELLA. NICETO SE YOU! ANY FRIEND OF THE PRESIDENTS IS A FRIEND OF MINE!!
BLESS OUR BURGLARS!
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By Tom Martin in New York City IF YOU'RE a criminal then you have
testimony of former FBI agent Arthur Greene in court here on 15 May.
openly admitted to carry- ing out between 75 and 90 such 'entries' in the period
understood that the FBl's authority here came from
degree possible. Eye
left-wing guerrillas in El Salvador.