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...interim report of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee investigating the confirmation of Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan was damaging enough. The 46-page text, which was issued last week, accused FBI Director William Webster and then Executive Assistant Director Francis Mullen of withholding information that raised serious questions about Donovan's fitness for office. As a result, the committee charged, the FBI "usurped the Senate's constitutional responsibility" and "compromised the Senate's ability to inform itself...
...Webster's Third...
...spotlighted others as well. FBI Director William Webster announced last Thursday that the bureau had foiled attempts by Barmyantsev and two other Soviet spies to obtain U.S. secrets. Oleg Konstantinov, 33, an intelligence agent serving at the Soviet mission to the U.N., had been picked up by FBI agents in Manhasset, L.I., in the act of attempting to obtain military aerospace secrets from a U.S. citizen operating "under the control of the FBI," in the cautious words of a bureau spokesman. Konstantinov left the U.S. before he was expelled. Another worker at the Soviet U.N. mission, Alexander Mikheyev...
...dinner party he gave for Prince Tu'l pelehake of Tonga. The Prince, who weighed about 350 pounds, arrived at the dinner bringing his own case of Coca Cola because he did not drink alcohol. The guests were seated and dinner was served on various pieces of Daniel Webster's silver. As the different dishes of vegetables were passed around, the Prince found one he especially liked and scooped the entire serving onto his plate as the guests sat politely and held their peace...
...these entries were properly authorized. The FBI fired Tickel in 1982 after he was indicted for a range of crimes, including trafficking in stolen jewelry and tax evasion, charges for which he was convicted last month. At his trials, Tickel charged that he informed FBI Director William Webster about his illegal entries in November 1980, but Webster disputed Ticket's accounts. Since then, the FBI has had no comment on any aspect of the affair. The allegations nonetheless inspired attorneys for O'Malley, Massa and Williams to file motions for a new trial...