March 4, 2005

Federal Agents Remove Documents From U. of Washington Library

By PETER MONAGHAN

Five federal officials, including three from the Central Intelligence Agency, have removed eight documents from the University of Washington library's collection of the papers of the late Sen. Henry M. (Scoop) Jackson, and have blacked out details on about 10 others. Library officials say they do not know which documents were taken, and the federal authorities are not talking.

The action, taken in February by a team from the External Referral Working Group, an interagency organization