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Jon Dunn ReportingOver the last few months, the FBI has turned to Jack Anderson's papers — papers the deceased investigative journalist amassed over the years in his work. KSL Newsradio has learned that thousands of pages of those documents are right here in Salt Lake City.
University of Utah Professor Tim Chambless befriended Anderson over the years, and has built his own collection of papers by writing about the columnist.
"The FBI was informed by the Anderson family that I was a person who knew more than anyone else," Chambless says.
Chambless says when FBI Director Robert Mueller visited Salt Lake City last week, he wanted to come clean about his six boxes full of papers, and wanted to tell the bureau why it will never see them.
"I believe in the First Amendment. Jack Anderson believed in the First Amendment," Chambless says.
Chambless sent a letter through his lawyer to Mueller, asking him to announce the end of the pursuit of the papers. Attorney Pat Shea says the papers are now hidden where no one will find them.
