JUDGE QUESTIONS DODD DATA LEAK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200300032-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 1999
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: June 15, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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JUN 1 5 1966
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BUDGE QUESTIONS A ` N Dodd d I' ,
en
D DATA LEAK itical skirmish when Judge Holt,-,
DAD toff denied a motion they
columnists" attorneys that, the'
suit be dismissed on the gr?ound~
I that the complaint was long,'
Says Senator's.Ex-Aide Had repetitious and redundant and.
so violated h court rule re9uir?
':.`'No Ethical Duty' to Press.1 ing it to be short and plain.'
The Judge. said he Was, un-'
able?to say the 17-page cam
By F. W. KEN'W(IILTIiY plaint was "unduly prolix, be-
Special to The New York VMS cause what is prolix on one
WASHINGTON, June 14-A case may not be so In another. i
During argument on this mo=
Federal judge declared today tion, 7%[r. Woods chided Mr. Son-
that a former aide of Senator' nett for dropping on May 20,
Thomas J. Dodd had "no edit-, all but four of the 14 claims for
cal duty" to "abstract docu-damage- in the original corn-
ments" from the Senator's files plaint of May 6.
ar turn them over to the col-i Mr. Woods noted that they
urrmn:.nts Drew Pearson and Jack; amended complaint dropped)
C libel based on allega-
n
point in his $ -m o
and conspiracy suit against thi ermnent r.+ntracts and had di-.
.columnists who write ? theI vcrted cantl+algn contributions'
Arda,-son. . r)aims o
Thus the Connecticut Senator, Lions by the columnists .that the
apparently won an important Senator had received favors for
libel, intervenhr^ in the award of Gov-
2 Ills
"Washington - Merry - Go-Ito his priv;ito. Ilse.
Round."? Callrcl'Errand lloy'
in the first claim of his com
plaint, Senator Dodd charged' Aside fr,ill Initial conspiracy
that the columnists "unlaw- claim, the amended complaint
largely on the.cnhn nn-
is base
fully conspired" to injure him!
d -Dodd
,by inducing former employes to..) ists' a.llegatinns that Mr.
r bivcrl "csprrtsive sifts" for
r
. He was under no obligation. I- of Mr. Boyd, who has been Dodds files.
to inform the' public, Judgo jthc only witness questioned in Meanwhile,. Matthew F. Me-
Holtzoff after al she. es$ is 'par Ao fthree sessions. Quire, chief judge'of,the United
afte er all, the press is t o After some haggling, Mr. States Dirstrict Court here,'
the
Furthermore, '? Woo. s agreed to make avail- placed 5'udge Hnltaoff In full
ifulthermore; thejudge said, P charge of the case. He will rule:
duty able to Mr: Sonnett the docu-
Mrs )Boyd htad "no ethical duMents in. Mr. Boyd s possession stn e-trial motions And de(~osl+
to tthstrtact docuinchts'trorrtl the relating to. General' Klein andlUonsrand preside At the ?trIgI.
;fifes ,:;;.~ u.~K;.wk' T; ?i..af..,a' also:,A, 'COPY" elf Mr...Dodd's; In- . , .,?.+ +. w
y
ator, told the court that James~leging that the Senator "acted
administrative ' cooperation" with
,P. Boyd, former h Michel',comc "taY letut ri for'1961.
assistant to Mr. bodd, had ad-~Is,t Struelens, an agent for I{atanga Mr.'. Sonh
s that he had, taken and et1 a.rl ued, that,'
mitten during pretrial depo-ipr?ovinge, In 1961 to frustrate under tpe Supreme Court's de-,
repro
I
re rodu ed'the documents. United States policy In Ghebtislon osh Ity Su1 'ess New
p q Congo. jYork Times, it. it. wo watt n necessary to
Interrupted by Judge Sought Early Trial prove actual rttalice to collect that
After Mr. Sonnett had all Mr, Sonnett told the court heidecIslmtsthat maliceywasnlying
jluded Several times to this ad- had "cut" the complaints to the or reckless disregard of truth.
mission, Warren Woods, at- "]Lard core" issues and reduced He said the itlct; t1 possession
,torne.v for Mr. Anderson, sold! the claim for damages from $5- and publication of figures from
Mr. Boyd was legally obligedt the 'tax return. showed the col-'
:to reveal the Senator's allegedn'illton to $gettlllon solely in
wrong-doing. I the hope of,getting the case tolinnlsts'acted' with malice.' As
If Mr. Boyd had not dlvulgeditrlal by July. for their allegations about the
Dodd.-Klein. relationship, Mr.
the Senators alleged miscon-11 Judge Holtzoff dashed that
duct in office, Mr. Woods ar-i,hope when hc.said he would be Sonnett said, "They didn't even
he would have opened {Inn' vacation in July and that quote the stolen documents cor-
Y. They were so m
geed; himself to a charge of mispr[s- ire did not believe the case was rectl alicious
ion (concealment) of felony. The' issues for Should he joinedythT had said-. the text,"
Judge Alexander Holtzoff in-,I " t Thereforee, , he e he wanted
that if Mr,f,lst," lie said With a smile. the documents In Mr. Boyd's
terrupted Dodd had to committed ?a felony The Judge left it to the two possession to 'note the under-
and his aide knew about it,Ilawyers to agree on a date for;tlintug whiclti he beI ved would
-then Mr. Boyd was obligated taking further depositions from'Idemonstrate malice.' in the se-
to tell the district attorney, the Mr, Boyd and he first depost-I lectlon of material. '.
Federal Bureau of Investiga-litlon from senator . Dodd. Mr,l . But, Ml' Sonnet( nlso agreed
tIon or other authorities. Woods accused Mr. Sonnett of to make available to Mr. Woods
"filibustering" in his c(uestton- this . Klein documents in Mr.
in Federal District Court here the ... ? . -- _ ..
otoday, John 1? . Sonett, at-~ Thos c is also a claim acous 1
torne for the, Democratic Sen-111,r the columnists of falsely al=
.
remove documents from no
file, copy - them and stirrepti-1 acting w; an "errand bt'y for
tiously replace the originals; Gen. ,itUius ? Klein, head of x?
after giving' the 'copies to the', Chicago public. relations con-
columnists. . tern. who is a registered agent;
During preliminary sparring forrtl he West German Govern-,
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