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OS ed Sen con. wre. we. 37 _) Tolece UNITED STATES GCG NMENT ued we Wick MM emorandum | a | —— yap TO > Mr. wiekd|), pate: 1-11-67 — Z Woe — FROM saa” | . i suyect: SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY (0. -N. ¥.) “ L = APPEARANCE ON "TODAY TELEVISION SHOW : WRC (CHANNEL 4) | ve 1-11-67 | “ - Senator Robert F, Kennedy was interviewed on the "Today" show this morning. ~ | The interview concerned principally President Johnson's State of the Union Message last evening. Kennedy was queried concerning various points in the President's address such as taxes, economy, social security, anti-ballistic missiles, welfare programs and the Vietnam situation, among others. ' Of particular interest to the Bureau were Kennedy's comments . concerning the outlawing of wiretapping. He commented that present legisla- “y , tion concerning wiretapping is entirely inadequate and that new legislation “SS : should be enacted to insure the protection of the individual. He stated that he favored the outlawing of wiretapping except in national security cases, providing any such wiretapping was handled with court approval, He also added that he would favor wiretapping with court approval, in certain cases skier ttle laird : A “a Cite - & P of organized crime, kidnaping, narcotics and other major crimes. 5 rz 4 There was no mention of the Director or the FBI on the Ae . program, a ‘f : , . a! oGoas RECOMMENDATION: / / ph RY ; For informati D By | or information, REC 19 ‘ _ : 1- Mr. Wick « Patt poe. | G/0 1 - Mr. DeLoach toe. k 3 TBC:dec/eph __- [: ( | os: 4 JANUS 57 =e 55 PEL ba SOF 4: me | EN ENCLOSURE