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— *Dp-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) . . (Mount _Cteping In Space Below) Sores rer re ‘bugs’ make ‘treasured privacy « ‘extinct : ee ek BY BUD GORDON - " qurized -electronic devices using (indicete page, name of News staff writer _ |tiny transistors instead of tubes newspaper, city and state.} Privacy — like the whooping|has brought the wiretapper's art, crane — is fast becoming ex-/within the reach of the ordinary, tinct in the U.S. es investigator or espionage agent. | Even in Alabama, the long] Time Magazine recently re-_ treasured freedom of secret vealed the federal government speech and action is vanishing, buys some $ $20 million of tele- i eech and action is vanishin [ exposed by electronic “eaves- phone bugeing devices a year. { dropping” devices and “super| Many of these bugs are used + __ PAGE A-38 cameras which can take pictures| by federal officials on their [ THE BIRMINGHAM in the dark. . own phones to record conver- 5 NEWS Three miniature electronic de-| sations in secrecy. is 5 vices for monitoring telephone| 4 “ : conversations have been found bus st oho ting among | the in ae ane the, past Some of these are no larger mon according = fo = SuoNC!than a lump of sugar and many Safety Director Al Linge. . One such device was found ets, maller | than a pack of cig last Thursday, attached to th Most popular is . the simple’ in- telephone wire a Birmingham tone Another wae located in a|duction coil, which picks up both Birmingham home about three ends of a phone conversation. — weeks ago. Still another was }o- - ty aes cated on the telephone of Miss; A FEW ULTRA -sophisticated Sybil Poole, member of the|bugs can perform their spy- Alabama Public Service Com-.|chores without being connected — mission. to a phone. The only limit to the In alf three cases, the de.’ |Size of the instrument is battery vices were tiny, self powered |POWer. Experts predict nuclear short wave radios, capable of |Power will further. redyce their . broadcasting phone conversa- [Size Date: 8/16/64 tions several blocks away toa | Atty. Gen. * Robert Kennedy Edition: FINAL receiver. put a bill before Congress in Author: Ail three devices were ingen-|1962, which would permit feder- jously constructed at a cost from|al authorities, under orders of Editor: $150 to $250. They were cleverly the ‘Attorney Genera], to wire- Title: "TINY, SENSI- concealed. tap, with a court order. ' TIVE ‘BUGS’ MAKE ALTHOUGH THE state has| In certain situations — such as “a good suspect,”’ persons whojespionage, subversion, murder, TREASURED PRIVACY installed these electronic bugs Kidnapping, interstate racketeer: Character: EXTINCT are ngt known. Tracing the in-/ing and narcotics — wiretapping struments, according ta Lingo,/would be legal, and would yield . is almost impossible. legal court evidence. Classification: ee Manutactured in Miami and] In espionage, the Attorney Sub Office: B4 . n Franciseo, the bugs bear no General could sidestep the court, ubmitting «e Birmingha Ga manufacturer's label. A few,/if he thought asking for a court [_] Being Investigated Lingo said, are being madejorder would endanger the na- right here in Alabama by skilled/tiona] interest.. electronic technicians. Under the. bill, all other A few years ago, tapping a forms of wiretapping would be phohe wire Was a major project| prohibited and punishable hy a a ; ’ peyond the capabilities of ordi- $10,000 fine or two years In _ nary agencies — private or pub-| federal prison. lic. But recent strides in minia-| But, the bill has met opposi- (CONTINUED) | ae Ber arte ete tana Sy acme en san thle ae tte sop -feas ~ UI 7 | ENCLOSURE or