United States v. Jane Kember, United States of America v. Morris Budlong

ROBB, Circuit Judge:

In August 1978 Kember, Budlong, and nine other officials or employees of the Church of Scientology were indicted in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The indictment, in twenty-eight counts, charged the defendants with conspiracy to burglarize government offices and steal government documents, 18 U.S.C. § 371, interception of oral communications, 18 U.S.C. § 2511(l)(a), theft of government documents, 18 U.S.C. § 641, burglary, 22 D.C.Code § 1801(b), and obstruction of justice, 18 U.S.C. § 1503. Warrants were issued for the arrest of Kember and…