JFK Assassination System . Date: 7/7/2015 Identification Form . Agency Information AGENCY: SSCIA RECORD NUMBER: — 157-10014-10174 RECORD SERIES: MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS OF THE CHURCH COMMITTEE AGENCY FILENUMBER:  07-M-79 Document Information ORIGINATOR:  SSCIA FROM: TO: TITLE: FBION WARREN COMMISSION DATE: 00/00/1975 PAGES: 49 SUBJECTS : WC FBI DOCUMENT TYPE: REPORT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified ' RESTRICTIONS: — Consulted CURRENT STATUS: — Withhold DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 01/08/1999 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 ] HW 50529 Docld: 324273562 Page 1
08/07/95 1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : SSCIA RECORD NUMBER : 157-10014-10174 RECORDS SERIES : MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS OF THE CHURCH COMMITTEE AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 07-M-79 DOCUMENT INFORMATION OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS ORIGINATOR : SSCIA FROM : TO ;: TITLE : FBI ON WARREN COMMISSION DATE : 00/00/75° PAGES : 49 SUBJECTS : FBI we DOCUMENT TYPE : REPORT CLASSIFICATION : UNCLASSIFIED RESTRICTIONS : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : POSTPONED IN FULL DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 01/08/99 [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED HW 50529 DBocld:32423562 Page ?
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VO, bere “a ~———— wore BR re ye — . tent & WN ED sal SAVY i mig OF LAND Sms 2S bat Qa . Bye ete a a . we te a . ~ - ay Wlayeen PEs al aR ay ft ne: ii do Ge ed Assonated Press 7 ed The son cf the tare Ban iale Bares, Ets. . fa588 ms ccumer ee 3sierTs. “hich the F HAI one ritics of the : lomumissio in an attter 2 liscredit them **They weren't basically rex files," Vom H. Laces 'r, Said yesterday. orgs. ‘asningion lawyer, aneed iat ‘They & had some ot that ‘lement but mos: of tne vaterial dealt with lek “ing organizations tnese “eople be sloneed ta."’ “Bogss said his tatner “ave him the matcrial in fate 1970. Iie said teat ne now has it ina saf: venosit ‘ox along with many of m5 ‘ather's conzressiona! papers. The senicr Sorss, Eouse wajority Jeacer, was a member cf the ‘Warren Sammissicn established to vestigate the assassina- tion of President John F. Kennedy. In 1971, the congressman ade a speech onihe ficer of the House accusinz-tne PBI of tapping his prones and keepiny cessiers on inembers of Congress. Vhose charges ‘were never substantiated by Bosses, “who disappeared in Octacer 4 1972 while on. an airplane {lightin Aiasxa. Tom soges said his father gave him the files within ine content ora HoTerab-d:scussion Temween them abaut the -tlaccan | Commission critics. tie said the files consisted of Su pages of information on seven persons ‘sno nad written critically of the. commission's fincings. '. BOGGS DECLINED to identify al! seven, out Setd that writers Fbyard jay ioe — HW 50529 ian . Lane were amonielian Tire tiiemation, Boggs said, included a phatcerach of cone of the seven engaging in an unnatural sexual act wits two women. Tne way I understood the situation was that the FBI was ‘trying to assure Dad that the critics of the Warre Commission weren't very suostantial,”” he said. ‘ivanwhile, the contro- Versy over r EI I surveniance activities conunued yeste dash ‘Chairm: via Den Edwards; D-Ciki.—2n- nouncing that nis House civil rights succommittee has asked for General Ac- counting Office investiga- tions to help prepare tor hearings into all FBI opera- tions. Edwards said yesterday | that hearings which had been originaily scheduicd to begin yesterday on aliega- tions of FBI maintenance of information on congress- men and otner officiais wil begin Feb. 29. The chairman said the subcomunittec also will re- sume its incuiry into coun- terintelligence activities j ordered oy tae ary FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in 1956 to disr cot antiROV: ernment activities oy orga-” nizations and individuals. Heoever canceled the ac- tivities in OF |. EIMMARLS SAID-reiris asked Co Congress 'GAO aucit agency acy © investsgaze une a ature. eXStentand adequa- evoof FBI iesal autaormty for dome Stic intellivence- gaithering and Fol criteria for investigating demesuc srouns and individuals. To help the sucvonmmitiee set out more general over- signt hearings. Edwards said. he also his asxed tne ( inte titans ted ae excaenness Ter - GAG te-eurvey ainohg Oher Docld: 324273562 Page 6 { i | i t 4 i : Dep. AD Inv. Asst. Dic.: Admin. ————_— Comp. Syst. - E xt. Affairs ‘Files & Com. ——— Gen. Inv. aval >! Ident. pT Inspection . Intell. Laboratory Plan. & Eval. __ Spec. Inv. Training orzanized otrer things. the Fbl's . Legal Coun. Crime Imvesng 35 criminal investigauon a ace Telephone Rm. riorimes . tivities, spending D and accuracy of FBI crime statistics. Director Sec’y —— _Ingelated developm™ ents? 9 FBI Cirector Clarence ML. Kelley suggesied yester- day that some of the critics fare dGemarogees iar accus- ing the FBI ci imringing on individual privacy. WWTne oy oale of Sakeeeauron The Washinglon Post’ Washington Star-Ne ws Daily News (New York! Thé New York Times _ The Wall Strect Journal The National Observer Tho Los Angeles Times SANS 4 Date Re. (ey ee eee ay we ‘a a qn rs ATT SET EYE Re : sats _ as ae Al 8
HW 50529 DoclId: 32423562 Page 7 ‘muetbe-atert to opporturs- tic gradstanding ad demagogucry on the issue of privacy,’’ Kelley said after noting the recent criticism of the FBI for maintaining files of unsub- stantiated allegations about. the personal lives of mem- bers of Congress and other citizens. 0 Atty: Gen. William B. Saxbe yesterday proposed a ‘joint congressional and rexecutive brach committee be created as a watchdog ‘against abuses in intelli- . gence operations. Saxbe, in a speeh pre- :pared for the Dade County ‘Bar Association, said he had in mind a committee that would include not only House and Senate memoers -but high-level government officials and outsiders ap- -poomed by the President ye! Y Ea y 3: Py-
UNITED STATES DLPAKTMENT OF JUSTICE t PEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 . INFORMATION CONCERNING WASHINGTON STAR NEWS Coes ARTICLE, JANUARY 31, 1975, REGARDLNG HALE BOGGS? ...... eee / SON CLAIMING POSSESSION OF FILES ON. WARREN , COMMISSION CRITICS The Washington Slar News, a Washington, D, C., daily news- RE paper, carried an article in the January 31, 1975, edition, page A-4, — | under an Associated Press release capiioned "Boggs! Son Tells of Files on Warren Panel.'®*The article quotes Tom H. boggs, Jr., son of the Inte Representative Hale Boggs, as claiming that in 1970 his father cave. hint dossiers which the FBI compiled on critics of the Warren Commission kucha in an altempt to discredit them, According tothe article, Boggs‘ son px stated "they weren't basically sex files. They hac. some of that element mh ~ but most of the material dealt with. left wing organizations these pecple — belonged to." Font H. Boggs, Jr, declined to identify all seven of the critical authors but stated that writer Edward Jay Lpstein and lawyer Mark Lane . were among the individuals on whont he had juformation, Boggs, Jr., reportedly stated that the information given hint by his father includeda ve photograph of one of the seven cngaging in air unnatural sex act with two aa women, , . ry pwr v In 2 review of Bureau files no evidence was found that any ; - information of this nature was ever disseminated directly to Hale Bo Ofgs. 2 lee. from the FBL . ‘ . . — “oWefer, the. Bureau 1 file ‘review fauicates that on “Novenwer 8,” ~ or 1966, memoranda were furnished to Marvin Watson, Special Assistant to — 7 ope, President Jolinson, at the White House, at his request, setting torth pertinent — hee information contained in Bureau files regarding background on seven individuals ‘ who wrote untavorable articles concerning the Warren Commission. findings. era ft ' eee cae ae SUR Be eRe OTERO we hee Ae HW 50529 DBocld:32423562 Page 6