GOVERNMENT BY BUG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400290001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 11, 1958
• Content Type: NSPR

JUL 1 7 1958
MONTGOMERY (Ala.)
ADVA T *%ed For Release 2000/08/03: CIA-RDP75-000
Circ.: m. 61,937
S. 78,423
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CP-TjRG1dWvernnjejjt By Bug`
ME t7or 01. ISOM 1. nac - e , t7-
This-Bug-For-Hire man who was
caught eavesdropping on Goldfine, is-
the more sordid because of his-
rick-ground.
Shacklette, 48, ., graduated' ?' oAn
Harvard Law,i ,qlj~ I in 1$;87.. He has
been an in restiga; r sine serv-,
ing as an assistant chief tuvestigator
for the War Food Addlbtration,
then in Army Counter -6eiligence,
later as head of the invvtigative
branch of the Generaiwices 4=_'!
ministration and the W&ssets -
ministration.
With all this investigati a expe-il- I
enc6F% hacklette was qualified as a
free a gumshoe for anybody with
a and his price. He is, un-
for ly, on ne of an army of
f I, . nd Army Intelli-
gence Agent `, other investiga-
tors v~o have left the government
servic for more lucrative practice
on their own.
Ari jed with their e;ectronic. eaves-
drop"''ng and wiretapfngquipmeiit,
theflatfoot talents and their ac-
qui ance with the right people,
they enjoy a thriving practice in a
city ;here almost everyone wants to
find ont something about someone.
It's important for congressional
committees to have competent staff
members, including Investigators. But
this . does not excuse the shameless
use of cloak & dagger techniques by
alumni of the government's most ex-
pert investigative agencies to eaves-
drop on, and even steal documents
from, private ind! yiu
Perhaps Shack le 1u gling per-.
formance will serve to discredit the .
practice which has been going on
for many yrs. If not, the bug may
become a more important symbol of
government in Washington than the
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