APPENDIX 7.-DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NEWS RELEASE OF APRIL 1, 1976, ANNOUNCING ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM TO NOTIFY VICTIMS OF FBI'S COINTELPRO OPERATIONS Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AG Attorney General Edward H. Levi today announced that he has established a special review committee to notify Notification will be made in those instances where the The Attorney General stated that although he realized there might be difficulties in carrying out the program, his instructions to the committee set forth a mandatory general rule, and that any exceptions recommended by the committee would have to be taken up with an advisory committee and then presented to him personally. Special care would be taken to Notification would be given as the Committee's review of COINTELPRO files progressed. The special review committee has been set up within the Office of Professional Responsibility, which is headed by of Congressional Affairs of the FBI. The advisory group with which the committee will consult will be chaired by Peter R. Taft, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Land and Natural Resources Division, and will include Michael M. Uhlmann, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Office of Legislative Affairs and John Mintz, Legal Counsel for the FBI. |