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Article: Reaction at Michigan State U. split over undercover officer
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- April 5, 2001
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Jeremy W. Steele
University Wire
04-05-2001
(The State News) (U-WIRE) EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State University police probably acted within the law when officials used an undercover officer to infiltrate a student activist group, state legal experts say.
But area law enforcement officials and legal scholars disagree about whether the use of such tactics was proper.
"There are legitimate times when police agencies can use undercover investigations," former state Attorney General Frank Kelley said Wednesday.
Kelley, Michigan's top lawyer for 37 years before retiring in 1998, said many law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and area police, have operated extensive undercover ...