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Although most groups are "Clearly, someone has taking a cautious, wait-and- violated our rights, and we see approach, one San Fran- want to find out more," said cisco Asian group has pulled Paul Igasaki, executive di- out of a seminar it was to rector of the Asian Law hold with the ADL. Caucus, one of the groups The controversy surroun- which appeared in the ding the ADL stems from ac- Bullock files. cusations made by the San As an indication of that Francisco police that the concern, shortly after the organization,, illegally ob- police investigation became tained information about in- public, the caucus pulled out dividuals and groups using a variety of means, including wiretapping and the pur- chase of confidential police files. No formal charges have been filed yet, although the police executed search war- rants at the ADL's Los Angeles and San Francisco offices earlier this month. Police officials claim the ADL's violations came about as part of its effort to keep tabs on thousands of in- of an ADL- sponsored forum dividuals and organizations on : the constitutionality of as part of a nationwide "spy hate-crimes laws. network." ."Until the matter is fully ADL, an organization resolved, we decided it was founded to fight anti- problematic to participate in Semitism and racism, main- such an event," said Mr. ,Ig- tains it has not broken any asaki. laws and that its compila- "It's kind of a shock," said tion of information on racist Stella Putnam, referring to and extremist groups has the discovery by her group, been totally legitimate. At: Centro Legal de la Raza, the center of the controversy that it was one of the organ- are the computer files of a izations appearing in a con- private detective hired by ' fiscated file labeled "pinko." the ADL. These files are "We're not a political separate from the ones seiz- organization. All we do is ed by police at ADL offices. provide free legal services to Court documents released low-income, Spanish- last week allege that the speaking people." ADL paid private in- According to Igasaki, it is vestigator Roy Bullock hun- likely that the Asian Law dreds of thousands of dollars Caucus will coordinate with over more than 25 years to other community organiza- gather intelligence on near- tions that appeared in the ly 10,000 people in some 500 files — including Centro political organizations, Legal de la Raza, the Ameri- many of them in northern can Civil Liberties Union, California. the Human Rights Commis- Organizations whose sion and others —to pursue names have appeared in the some kind of collective ac- Bullock files have been tion. among those charging the The National ,Lawyers' ADL with improper spying. Guild, which also was nam- The ADL maintains, ed in the files, has asked the ADL maintains it has not broken any laws. As yet, no formal charges have been filed. 4.■