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*) watt i ey. ™, see df vie Se PE EL dl af ok “Tye tage rate e he) A Me ‘ ae eg det vir ies SRE: ' 7 By ul Ete Bat tot i IL | | | | . aS: - : rr oe Memorandum C, D, Brennan to Mr. ¥. Cc. Sullivan CaF RE: ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCES oo. ; at 66-8160 oe . £2 ma —-.. naan a@® he WPT we An” 845 yvu are aWATG, ian thse Lan Ol Cas co. We BO . not request phone taps except in cases involving -.. . kidnaping and espionage. This has been predicated .- upon my theory that when the life of an individual or the life of the Nation is in peril a phone tap is justified for intelligence purposes asany infor- mation obtained over a phone tap cannot be used in the trial of a criminal case. ” € On July 30, 1965, FBI representatives and Departmental . attorneys conferred regarding a Presidential memorandun, dated June 30, 1965, which dealt with technical and microphone sur- veillances, This_memorandug, addressed to all heads of executive departments and agencies, ¢ 3, established st ‘Strict jeuteee obtaining “of approval 3 from “the s Attorney ¢ General. It also , required the submission ‘of a complete inventory of all mechanical and electronic equipment capable of intercepting telephone : conversations. my Because the Bureau obtained authority from the Attorney General and consulted with the Department regarding the use of these surveillance techniques, the Departmental representatives stated that the Bureau was already complying with the Presidential memorandum and that it would not be . necessary to submit an inventory of equipment. In early 1965, the Senate Subcommittee on Administra- tive Practice and Procedure, headed by Senator Edward V. Long © of Missouri and popularly known as the Long Committee, began inguirier into Federal encroachments on citizens' privacy. . ' In view of these inquiries, it was necessary to severely restrict and, in many instances, eliminate the Bureau's: use = of these techniques. Since the Bureau's heavy responsibilities for investigative results continued, the Director, in a memo-_ Yandum dated September i4, iScés5, expressed to the Attorney a General concern tht undue limitations on special investigative _.. techniques would make it far more difficult to combat sub- *. version and organized crime. The Attorney General, in a _ memorandum dated September 27, 1965, agreed with the Director and authorized the resumption of several special investigative techniques, In this memorandum the Attorney | ao I