investigation, in the words of the consent decree, in "serious intentional non-compliance" with the decree?


5
The record shows that in September 1981 the FBI began an investigation of CISPES to see whether it was in compliance with the provisions of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.  No violations of the Act were found, although it was discovered that in its literature CISPES endorsed the objectives of two Salvadoran terrorist groups.  This investigation was closed in December 1981.


6
Then in March 1983, the Dallas field office of the FBI received information from a Central American expatriate named Frank Varelli, which prompted a new investigation of CISPES to see whether it was offering active financial or other support to El Salvadoran terrorist groups and whether it was planning terrorist activities inthe U.S. The investigation began in Washington but spread, including to Chicago, and lasted from March 1983 through June 1985.  In Chicago, in addition to the investigation of CISPES itself, there were 19 spin-off investigations.


7
The investigation involved checks of public records, photographic and visual surveillance, undisclosed attendance by government agents at public meetings, reviews of financial, utility, and telephone records, and checks of law enforcement records.  There were no court-ordered searches, telephone monitoring, nor other electronic surveillance.


8
The FBI filed periodic reports within the United States Department of Justice.  In response to a report in March 1985, overseers at the DOJ questioned whether there was a sufficient basis to continue the investigation.  In June 1985 the investigation was closed.


9
When William Sessions became head of the