424-10271-10035 AGENCY INFORMATION ; AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10271-10035 RECORD SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 62-116395-1065: ORIGINATOR: FROM: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECT: DOCUMENT. TYPE: ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: STATUS COMMENTS: DOCUMENT INFORMATION FBI DIRECTOR. FBI AG 7 10/29/1975 33 CC, SSCIA, REQ, ELSUR, BAKER, HOWARD PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret oe NEW CLASSIFICATION: 11/03/1998 UPDATE DATE: 02/14/2001 Redact | ~ RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1\(B) : INC LHM, 3 ADMIN, 4 TTY, 5 MEMO, NOTE, INSERT HY 50953 DBoctd: 327196694 Page i
ae aa & ot 7 hs od. BL otis) s 1 o- care W. Re. Wanna}] 1 - Mr. M. E. Rutlana 1-‘ir. J. C. Kraus l- “r. H. W. Dare, or. Tne Attorney General Metoher 29, pers i . Director, FEI \ ITED STAVES SUNATE SELECT comutrer: {ox INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC) Reference is made to the letter from the ccc Gated September 30, 1975, requesting certain information from the FBI. Attached for your approval and forwarding to the SSC is the original of a memorandum which is responsive to the Committee's request. A copy of the memorandum is being provided fox — your records. - ae af a Enclosures poactyie ora 62-116395 / : 1 - The Deputy Attorney General . Attention: Michael E. Shaheen, Jr. ay, ine Boon / aa Special Counsel for YW 7 Intelligenc ordi i g e Coordination J? foe pa HWD:pal cX-115 op Pa (1) | RES 45 | a Assoc. Dir. . ‘ ep. dm. / Den. AD ten 15 Nov211975 5, Asst. Dir.: CRE . Comp. Syst. . . ys Ext, AHoirs ‘ a % Files & Cam, __ . . ' ad ; ; Gen. Inv. . yr <7 . ALY Ident. ——— fi Inspection i — : \ Intell. , : 5 7 ~ Laboratory ‘ ‘ ~ 4 ®.  Plon. & Eval. _. vod Spec. Inv. \ teoining a Legai Coun. Telephone Rm. HW 50934 Ruopgd> S28QPROM Page SeLETYPE uNIT haat i GPE. jOTA OY ~ RAC
. . oo, “ ; FEDERAL BUREAU O% POTION: ae a COMMUNICATIONS = STION - WROG1 AT CODED 13243 PY URGENT JULY 15, 1974 Xe tae moe ! mee pe Es ee _Laborawry WFo Traini: Ea enn Legal Coun, Telephene Raa.- THreetas Sc'¥ ~ Rorpraateervernmunnoerinsren cenrtsnentte, TROM «ATLANTA 139-NEW PC SLLEGED TAPPI AG OF JELEPNOWE OF Ue Se. SENATOR, HOWARD Been be) per WASHINGTON, Dee INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS. OO: WFO. Me nt _ . 7 . ze ON JULY 11, 1974, MR. HowaRD “GIBSON, 1746. ‘HANMONDWOOD | Ck, SIRCLE, POWDER SPRINGS, GEORGIA, FURNISHED INFORMATION Pa, | REGARDING AN ALLEGED WIRETAP OF TELEPHONE OF UNITED — | STATES SENATOR HOWARD BAKER AT WASHINGTON, D.C. GIBSON {SA FORMER DEPUTY SHERIFF IN COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA, WHO WAS FORCED TO RESIGN FROM THE SHERIFF°S OFFICE AFTER HE WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE FIRED A GUN IN TO THE HOUSE OF A NARCOTICS INFORMANT WITH WHOM HE HAD A DISPUTE. ‘THEREAFTER 5: | GIBSON WAS EMPLOYED BY A PRIVATE INVESTIGATIVE RAAT ary eo mag SNOWN- AS CENTRAL INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY AT 6658 ‘POWERS PERRY ROAD, ‘Wy ATLANTA, GEORGIA. | : EY Ig. Pe GIBSON FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING-INFORMATIONS = 7 gs THE CENTRAL INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY, MENTIONED ABOVE: MAIN ~ — - TAINS A BRANCH OFFICE KNOWN AS SECURITY CONSULTANTS: INTERNATIONAL,» S30 PAGE ORE. Oz uh cis A HES EA CRECTION TO Sent. dee G1 G8 S tet SUd/ mde ‘Jealen eo” IN THiS & BDocld: 327199694 Page 3
ns a es TT PAGE THREE AT 159-NEW _ THAT HE HAS WORKED FOR CIA IN THE PAST} ‘THAT: ‘HE Is FRIENDS WITH CIA AGENTS AND OFFICIALS; THAT HE BELIEVES CONEINTO. EAN EX=CTA AGENT “AND Hows THAT /JOHN NULDOON Is A A reer CIA ) AGENT. | oS _ Poet GIBSON ADVISED. THAT DURIRG ‘THE COURSE. OF A NORMAL WORKING DAY Two OR. THREE MEN, USUALLY ENTER AND WORK: IN we SUB-LEASED. scl SPACE. “THEY STAY DURING THE COURSE OF aN oo ENTIRE DAY WITHOUT LEAVING THE ‘SPACE. AND DO NOT SEEM TO. CONDUCT BUSINESS. iy a NORMAL, MAMIER.. AN UNIDENTIFIED eee eee | FRIEND OF GIBSON" $ OVERHEARD. INDIVIDUALS rcs THE SPACE, ALLEGEDLY LEASED BY DEA, DISCUSSING "TAPE 3s" - BASED ON. ne “ABOVE ENFORMATION AND BASED ON aisson’s EXPERIENCE. WITH” ‘WIRETAPPING WITH THE. COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA, SHERIFF" S OFFICE, HE. BELIEVED A ‘WIRETAP OPERATION was BEING. CONDUCTED IN” THE. CTA ATLANTA CovERTD , OW JULY Aty 1974. END PAGE THREE HY SPACE ALLEGEDLY SUB-LEASED. BY DEA FROM SCI. Me ; - THE ABOVE. INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED td =) naa ON JULY. 12, 1974, HOWARD s1BsON ‘voLUNTEERED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL TaFoRMaT IONS. i: — S0953 Doctld: 32199694 Page 4
Uilwal ta eG tt ~ - 3010-168 ‘ * _ Can ee a . 1.8 EM 8EG a es UNITED STATES G. ERNMENT mo oo Assoc. Dit - Dep. AOD Adm. - i ; : - . Admin, ._ . Coma, Syst. . : at - 3 . Looe DATE: . Ext. phifairs —— ia Mx. Gebhardt;. .- — DATES July 16, 1974 Files’& Com. ” : ied eed : oo 7 1 - Mr. Gebhardt”. iN ion ROM OR. E. Long, ..0 Fo-° af Mr. Long. inteth, Mr. Kraus an . ee Mr. Nuzum oe clon. & Evol, — . . pec. Inv. Mr. Nasca Training Room 742 ~—,9&D Legal Coun. _ he te Kr Telephone Rm. _. eG Sof, ob os Dicagtor See’y —. PALLY On Cp » Tepe ; _ ak SUBJECT: ALLEGED TAPPING OF “SZASPHONE OF U. S. SENATOR HOWAZD-BAKER, WASHINGTON, D. C. 7 INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS “Our Atlanta Office has advised-on 7/15/74, . Howard Gibson, 1746 Hammondwood Circle, Powder Springs, ees Georgia, furnished information regarding an alleged Wiretap ~ : of the telephone of U. S. Senator Howard Baker at Washington, ia D. C. (WDC). Gibson is identified as a former Deputy Sheriff  ~ in Cobb County, Georgia, who was forced to resign after he was... -.. alleged to have fired a gun into the house of a narcotics - |. a informant with whom he had a dispute. - Subsequently, Gibson was employed by a private investigative organization known as ‘Central Investigative Agency, 6650 Powers Ferry Road, NW,.. 7 Atlanta, Georgia. , . ao o . Co 7 ween On 7/11/74, Gibson advised that Central Investigative Agency maintains a branch office known as Security Consultants international (SCI) at 1028 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 1109, © WDC. A portion. of the office space leased by SCI was recently. sub-leased to one Lucein-Conein (phonetic), allegedly an official of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Special Operations Group, WDC. Gibson claims he was the business partner in the office of the Central Investigative ' Agency and in SCI with Mitchell Werbell, III, who resides at Powder Sprinecs. ‘sordia. The offices of SCI in WDC, have — meen managed by Jehn.Mdldoon, a retired Central, Intelligence _ Agency (CIA) agant.. ea a a a er ee fe Gibson suspectsi:#4ab¥conéin is actually; a:covert . -- . CIA agent and further suspects CIA has been operating a -. OR 2 wiretap out of the space leased from SCI. . Gibson basesw<# 0 these suspicions on statements made by Werbell alleging © 8. - that he has worked for CIA in the. past; that he is friends — ft with CIA agents and officials; that he believés Conein to be an ex-CTA agént and knows that iJohn Muldoon is a former | CIA agent. ™ Cae, JCK:krw (6) _, CONTINUED OVER : iis wpumielli a Stwtind = U2L2¢7 Gm. HY 50953 DBoctd: 327196694 Page 5
HY » Re: “Alleged Lapping of telephone of. U. S. Senator Howard Baker Gibson advised that during’ the course of a. normal oe ‘working day two or three men usually enter and work in the. | sub- leased SCI space. They stay during the course of an fentire day without leaving the space and do not séem to | conduct business in a normal manner. An unidentified . | friend | of Gibson's overheard individuals in the space, allegedly leased by DEA, discussing "tapes." Based on the | _ above information and based on Gibson's experience with . wiretapping while employed with the Cobb County., Georgia, Sheriff's Office, Gibson believes a wiretapping operat on “was being conducted in the space allegedly sub-leased by | DEA from SCI. - Since it appeared that an ongoing CI TA ‘operation |. was being compromised and th id be aware, our Atlanta Office contacted (Covert) and. informed him of™ T/A/TA On 1/12/74, Gibson furnished ‘the following: Directly above Suite 1109, rented by .SCI at LO28 Connecticut Avenue, is a suite located on the. twelfth floor, which is utilized as an efficiency apartment. It is connected to Suite 1109 on the floor. below by stairway. Gibson said the twelfth floor space is actually the space sub-leased to Conein and that telephone number 785-4514 is. || installed in that space. Conein sub-leased this apartment . in March, 1974, and was still being used by Conein as of | 7/5/74. So Regarding the information above. concerning. the ‘alleged’ overhearing of discussions concerning "tapes," by : alleged DEA employees, Gibson advised this information 50957 ‘was furnished to him by Mr. Steve Van Cleave, a personal ; friend of Gibson's and a private investigator from. ttlanta, Georgia. Van Cleave told Gibson that he. visited SCI offices on a recent unrecalled date. Van Cleave was told by Werbell that Van Cleave could not stay in the |. offices at that time as Werbell was consulting with a. client. Van Cleave told Gibson he then went to the twelfth flocr entryway to SCI offices, the space sub-leased by Conein, and overheard a conversation through the door Doctd: 32198694 Page 6 CIA, relate - -