JUSTICE DEPT. BLOCKING MOVE AGAINST CIA SOURCE?

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CREST [1]

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General CIA Records [2]

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CIA-RDP90-00552R000303200045-6

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December 22, 2016

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July 29, 2010

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March 29, 1982

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/29: CIA-RDP9O-00552ROO0303200045-6 ARTICLE APP.LAREj ON PAGE _- AT CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR 29 March 1982 Justice Dept. blocking move against CIA source? San Diego A US attorney accused the Justice Department of blocking attempts to prosecute Mexico's former federal se- curity chief for his alleged part in a $30 million luxury car. theft ring. In an interview in 4heSan Diego- r Union US attorney William Kennedy=. said that the Central Intelligence _ Agency regarded Miguel Nassar Haro as an "indispensable" source of Intel- ligence on Mexico and Central Amer- ica. Mr. Nassar Haro, who resigned in "January as director of Mexico's Direccion Federal de Seguridad, the country's equivalent of a combined . i FBI-CIA, is one of 29 persons indicted last July in connection with a stolen car ring which allegedly stole 4,000 cars worth an estimated $30 million. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/29: CIA-RDP9O-00552ROO0303200045-6