Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations 98-001 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1977 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS JACK BROOKS, Texas, Chairman L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan LEO J. RYAN, California RICHARDSON PREYER, North Carolina ELLIOTT H. LEVITAS, Georgia DAVID W. EVANS, Indiana ANTHONY MOFFETT, Connecticut ANDREW MAGUIRE, New Jersey LES ASPIN, Wisconsin HENRY A. WAXMAN, California JACK HIGHTOWER, Texas JOHN W. JENRETTE, JR., South Carolina FLOYD J. FITHIAN, Indiana MICHAEL T. BLOUIN, Iowa PETER H. KOSTMAYER, Pennsylvania TED WEISS, New York FRANK HORTON, New York PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY, JR., California CHARLES THONE, Nebraska ROBERT W. KASTEN, JR., Wisconsin ROBERT S. WALKER, Pennsylvania Bell, Griffin B., Attorney General, Department of Justice; accompanied Kelley, Clarence M., Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice; accompanied by John Mintz, Assistant Di- rector, Legal Counsel Division, FBI; Wilburn K. DeBruler, Assistant Director, Planning and Inspection Division, FBI; Frank B. Buell, Administrative Services Division, Chief, NCIC; John J. Clynick, As- sistant Chief, Budget and Accounting, FBI; and Richard G. Hun- singer, Deputy Assistant Director, Finance and Personnel, FBI.... Lowe, Victor L., Director, General Government Division, General Ac- counting Office; accompanied by John Ols, Assistant Director; and 120 Bell, Griffin B., Attorney General, Department of Justice: Answers to 36-41 Lowe, Victor L., Director, General Government Division, General Ac- Appendixes to statement___ 128-132 Material relative to the hearings_. 139 Moss, Hon. John E., a Representative in Congress from the State of Shaheen, Michael E., Jr., counsel, Office of Professional Responsibility, Department of Justice: 1976 annual report of the Office of Profes- Weiss, Hon. Ted, a Representative in Congress from the State of New 51-54 Appendix 1.-Transcript of May 12, 1977, meeting of subcommittee to dis- cuss plans for Justice Department hearings__-. Appendix 2.-28 CFR 45.735, Standards of Conduct for Employees of De- Appendix 3.-Internal document concerning conduct and activities of em- Appendix 4.—Survey of departmental internal inspection units, prepared by internal audit staff, Office of Management and Finance, Department Appendix 5.--Letter of May 9, 1977, from Attorney General Bell concerning reporting requirements of Justice Department order establishing Office of Professional Responsibility-. Appendix 6.-Letter of August 15. 1977, from FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley, responding to questions for the record from July 27 hearing...__ Appendix 7.-Department of Justice news release of April 1, 1976, an- nouncing establishment of program to notify victims of FBI's Cointelpro |