"Hostile surveillance" is a technique used by police to pressure a suspect by letting him know he is being watched. The FBI's investigation of Felix Bloch, the American diplomat suspected of espionage, by last week had mushroomed beyond hostility into full-blown hysteria. When Bloch and his daughter drove from suburban Chappaqua, N.Y., into Manhattan, they were followed by a posse of federal officers, news reporters, camera crews and, said Government sources, a carload of KGB agents.
Within days, Bloch became the most intensely hounded public official since Oliver North. Justice Department sources whispered that the Austrian-born Bloch was not only a...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
