EX-SENATE AIDE GETS YEAR S PROBATION

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000100260057-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2010
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: October 19, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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WASHINGTON POST
19 October 1983 -
Convicted of Heroin Purchase
Ex-senate Aide Gets. Ye~r'Prohatjon
By Ronald Kessler
N'sshlnQWn i osL st4ll R'ri lrr "I was engaged in public service, and tending a drug rehabilitation program
it remains my view that public service and is employed, Dwyer said, "This
L.S. District Court Magistrate Jean is indeed a sacred trust. I have there- court does not normally ideal in ven-
E. Dwyer yesterday sentenced Eric M. fore violated that trust by my conduct, "geance." Under the. terms of a special
Breindel, a former Senate Committee and.brought.anguish and shame to my law for first ,offenders in drug -.cases,
on Intelligence aide arrested in a D.C. direct superior,'Sen. Movnihan, and'to Dwyer sentenced Breindel to a year's
motel for buying heroin, to a year of the public. at ]arge" said Breindel,-who probation, saying imposition of any
probation resigned from -the Intelligence Coin- further-sentence would =be-suspended
In an emotional court hearing, mittee at Moynihan's request and now . to see if he successfully completes the
Breindel, a Harvard Law School grad- is research _director or a communica- -drug-treatment program. If he does,
uate whose resume at the age of 9-, in
-
cluded a glittering list. of honors and
degrees, apologized to his family, his
friends, and Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan
(D-N.Y.). who had hired Breindel to
work on the committee.
With his obstetrician father, his
mother and friends almost filling the
small hearing room. Breindel, who had
previoush, pleaded guilt' to a misdea-
meanor charge in connection ', ith the
heroin incident. said in a quavering
voice. "I express remorse over what I
did and the pain and much anguish I
caused to a family that nurtured me
and afforded me every possible advan-
tage. -
tions company in Reston.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Roger M.
Adelman told Dwyer that both the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and
Drug Enforcement Administration
have said they are satisfied with Brein-
del's cooperation in disclosing the cir-
cumstances of his drug problem.
Breindel's lawyer, William W. Tav
for III, said Breindel compromised no
classified information while working on
the Hill. "What's been most impressih
to me is, through it all, he hasn't of-
fered excuses. He hasn't attempted to
avoid the reality of the situation," he
said.
Noting that Breindel is currently at-
ills record will be expunged, she said,
but she warned that further penalties
would be imposed if Breindel does not-
stay out of trouble.
"I'd hate to see so much talent wast-
ed," she said.
Breindel graduated magna cum
laude from Harvard and was about to
receive a doctor's degree in economics
from the London School of Economics.
He held a position on the Council of
Foreign Relations and continues to
count as his friends many distin-
guished academics and journailists.
Winston B. Prude, a former Justice
Department lawyer arrested with
Breindel, is scheduled to be sentenced
,Friday.
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