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Surreptitious Entries Black Bag Jobs — Part 26

110 pages · May 11, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Surreptitious Entries Black Bag Jobs · 110 pages OCR'd
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te apr nomen S ectetet rentueererearars gE re cae ee Oe ST ._ . ° we Tata. Joe = ve ws “ - _ am oes Me. Toleon a Me. Lack? ee Sa is dune 9. 1982" 5, Me, Niches ar SP “ *. v4 a -« ‘4 - rr oe i re eeu tet vty eee, Mr, Relmont_ Mr. Clavia —__ "MEMORANDUM FOR THE ‘DIRECTOR's FILES“ os . a _ m+ a sea “.* tae 82 atin AF, BRFSS . Sole ay J . i” - iT tat be ee . * . . ; Mer. Rosen On aa ‘On ‘June 6, "1952. 4 ‘saw the Attorney Cencral and ‘during | | Ste. Teaey ‘ y discussion with-him, I briefed him as to the procedure which the | | Me. tavehtia_ « Bureau follows with reference lu ihe instailation of technical sucveil® | Mr. Mabe lances, petnting oul to him that Where were ne ourveillances of this ~' Me it omanon _t type established without obtaining approval from him for the same | Hise Gendy—_— ytaind that we endeavored lo confine the requests for such authority to. * . ases involving espionage, sabotage, kidnapping and « few qj4qjor ; “eeitninal cases, such as in the Civil Rights tases in Florida, and the oe S Brink's robbery casein Boston.. } + of the Procedure followed. le ante oe epntmen le * Ne ee ee o~ r ae | ‘thea called his attention to the aet ‘that “the Department had. a few at 7 months ago. ruled that il could not approve the installation of any microphones. so © : where trespass was involved. J] told the Attorney General that such installations > “had been utitized on a very limited basis by the FBI and only in cases which — rar “directly affected the internal security of the United States, wherein inform © enuld b be obtained which would enable the FBI to:take the ‘necessary precau - measures for internal security. L-told the Attorney General that following ruling by the Department, we discontinued soine of the microphone installa “which had been established, where it had beep necessary to commit technical - * tpespass. ‘The Attorney General stated that he thought that it-was-entirely— = eoper for installations of migréphones Lo be made in. any case where elements. ve “. were al work against lhe security of the United Stales and he told me that in “such instances where I felt that there was need to install microphones, even , though trespass might be committed, that he would leave it to my judgment as *~ «to the steps to lake. I told, the Attorney General that this authority would only. “be used.in extreme cases and d only in Sases + havolving the internal security of the United States. EE ye: AoE i) ‘ete 3 oa: -~ . <a, e J —. " arts art 1 . .
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