THESE DAYS . . .THE LIBERTARIAN'S DILEMMA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000300090012-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: April 24, 1959
• Content Type: NSPR

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MY 014) frittd,-Be njamla GINZBURG has the ability
t3lniburs-,- is - lifrm' and' r- COO'"btate a fact correctly and
dent believer in human rights then to draw the wroag con-
and liberties' and if atiyane ,CIU$t" therefrom bees-=e
call him a
C o pi o-,.unist,
he : is A liar..
what
bUrt b Soviet
Sushi-, ,ire
wdtiittd . be a r-
.rested and*
sent to the
mines* for be-
ing a devis-
tionist, a Jef-
- fersontin ' Sokoi4y-
itt nos ,L bias which prompts
him td believe that the who
reject his pristine concept of
is identical with his, namely,
to --save America from
Marxism.
Ginzhurg would achieve his
end by permitting the Com-,'
utuntlts to do what he re-
gards as small deeds, wiflle
he would by words educate
the people not to believe
Democrat, an.
What
enemy of Ahe people-and a' the Communists say.
., spy for imperialistic United atom Meanwhile, bomb!.
.States. As he lives in the
United States, the worst that the eFBt Gi he becomes urtalks about
t?an be said about him is that laxly bitter r3uhe is de u-
he devotes a masterly inlel- - werrs is d and.he
lectto the advocacy of cox ing with police ce po pow
_.obvlously doos_not like cop,
of practical application anti
a -naive Interpretation of the
"The significance of the
FBI role in the setting of
loyalty-secuitty,policy lies in
the.fact that the professional
police mentality is by Its na-
ture unfit- and dangerous for
policy making in a demo-
eracy--just as unfit and just
as dangerous as it the pro-
fessional tnili'ars mentality
for s? h a task. The function
of the policeman is to investi.
gate on suspicion In carry-
ing out this function he na-
turally tends to believe the
worst and to prejudge the
guilt of the suspect ..."
The FBI Sets no pc,lictes
and has no authority under
the law to set poli:'iec, It re-
ceives its in trucuons from
Congress . and from the Al-
torney General of the United
States. It so happens that t.
Edgar Hoover hay \tnn the
esteem of the American peo-
ple and that his personal In-
fluence is enormous but if
he were to evade the ,law. to I,
b . e e b i n e .
opwresove, to pper 1
ate like a us!_: leas, a us-
,
-would melt Uk Wit snow:
hiss;
h Ravo ie - ! -
Attributed tta_it;Its fob Is to, -
laed pe^'litlcal,:p Ginabuit
is shocked by theZ ct that a
good deal of what : Elizatitth. Bentley told tI'e >rBI on 'the `;,..
ooeaslon of her first confes-
sion could not by.ppoved; it
i., astonishing ' jUt so much.. `'..
that Miss Bentley said led to
such positive results because,
after all, spies are not sup- -
posed to leave evidence of
The FBr is the only profeii-
sional or%anzation within the
United States which is
charged bylaw with domes-
tic covnter-espionage. Out-
aide the United States; this
task is -undertaken by the
CIA. the United States his
beer.' and Is at war with Sov-
iet Russia and Red China and
their satellites. It Is a war
fought by unconventional
weapons and unorthodox
methods. Two of the most
severe techniques of this war.
now called "The Cold War,"
are espionage and Infiltration
Into government and Indus-
trial organizations. While the
wiir proceeds, dare we permit
espionage and infiltration to
continue? 1t
JlenJamin Ginzhurgsincere-
sexy; J. Edgar Hoover says.'
btt'ning down the house.
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course of events.
in his new book, "Rededi-
cation to Freedom. Benja.
min Ginzburg tries to estab-
lish that there is no Com-
'munist menace in the united
States, that it. is, in fact.. a
myth and that the FBI is the
devil behind the myth, seek.
1ng to gain power by spread-
ing fear throughout the land.
. He goes back to the Dies
Committee and correctly
states that its chief invesUga-
tor, Dr.- J.. B, Matthews,
"himself had -nrganized more
so-called Communist-front or-
,ganizationa than any other
singit individual ..." This is
a correct statement and it- is
precikely because this is cor?
'rest that J. B. Matthews
knows more about such or-
ganizations and was able to