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bh Re: Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillances ADDENDUM OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION, 12/23/ 69, JHG:nfd r nh t not in agreement with the above proposals for the follo reasons: Under the present procedures, when the division re of our electronic indices, this request is made by search sli Investigative Division where it is checked by Special Agen Lyre notifies the appropriate division whether the results are hegative. If the results are positive, the interested division then writes to the field, obtains all appropriate documents and handles all correspondence with the Department. Tf tha enoecactinn hy tha GCanaral Investi aativrn This rision rere ta ahh FLL pugs csuel wy MID Wii @h LILLY wblE aid ve LAV 4b wers be adopted, it would mean that the defense attorneys would be able to subpoena an extra supervisor for testimony from the Bureau in addition to the supervisor handling the case. This, of course, is extra travel expense and gives the defense two shots at us instead of one. The Agent handling the prosecutive case is the logical man to’obtain the logs and other pertinent airtel documents from the field as weil as review the June file so that he can testify that the case he has supervised was not predicated upon any tainted information, The division who handled and supervised the installation is not in a position to determine whether the case is tainted because they Inve not supervised the case itself and are not aware of the ramifications contained therein. The argument that the handling by the installing division retains "these highly sensitive need to know basis documents" to review by a minimum number of personnel is completely fallacious when the courts are turning such documents over to defense attorneys. I recall an instance where the defense attorneys in the Bobby Baker case leaked the fact that we had a microphone on the Dominican Republic to Drew Pearson. As itis now, the defense attorneys have in some instances subpoenaed the Agent who checked tue electronic indices as well as the supervising case Acent, To follow the above suggestion would make possibly five or six additional supervisory Agents necessary to testify depending upon how many installations are involved and were supervised by different personnel — in the installing division. I wish to make a counter proposal which will eliminate the : | necessity of one Agent back here to testify. My proposal is that the ee Special Investigative Division continue to handle all search slips as we have been doing in the past. However, when there is a likelihood that the case is