SENATOR IS HOT UNDER THE COLLAR ABOUT LAPEL MICROPHONES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP66B00403R000100310010-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 15, 2004
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 29, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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Senator Is Hof Under the Collar About Lapel Microphones
ALong Look Will:: Be Taken at U.
By MARSHALL -.icNEIL
Scripps-Howard Staff Writer
Does the U. S. Tariff Com
mission use two-way mirrors to
snoop?
Has the Indian Claims Com-
mission bought lapel, tieclasp
or wristwatch microphones to
gather undercover information?
A Senate Judiciary Sub-com-
mittee wants answers to these
questions.
104 QUESTIONS
It has sent 104 questions, un-
der 22 separate headings, to 34
Federal departments and agen-
cies to follow up its preliminary
investigation, which, it says,
"has been quietly under way
for several months."
Said Sen. Edward Long (D.,
Info.), sub-committee chairman:
"It is high time that the Con-
gress knows how much and
what kind of snooping is done
by our non-security agencies.
. "We know that the agencies
purchase much fancy electronic
gear. We want to take a long
hard look at what it is being
used for, Our right of privacy,
as Americans, must be zealous-
ly guarded."
And so he has fired these
questions, among others, at
Government bureaus:
? How many listening-Iii cir-
cuits and-or telephone transmit-
ter cutoff buttons (devices to
permit a third person to moni-
tor telephone conversations
without being heard on the line)
were installed on telephones of
your agency in the Washington
area as of June 30, 1964?
? Has your agency, or anyone
on its behalf, ever surreptitious.
ly tapped or monitored a tele-
phone?
o Has your agency purchased
a miniature (under five pounds
weight) tape or wire recorders
which can he concealed in a
desk drawer, in a brief case or
on the person?
? Has your agency purchased
any lapel, tieclasp, pen, wrist-
watch, calendar, telephone, pic-
ture frame, parabolic, machine
gun or other similar micro-
phones?
? Have your agency personnel
or other security people work-
ing with or for the agency, dis-
covered any telephone taps or
other surveillance devices gen-
erally known as bugs?
? Has your agency purchased
any closed-circuit TV equip-
Snooping
CIA, but they (lid go to these
agencies, among others:
Atomic Energy Commission,
Civil Aeronautics Board, Civil
Rights Commission, Agricul-
ture, Commerce, Health, Edu-
cation and Welfare, Interior,
Labor, Treasury and Post
Office Departments, Home Loan
Bank. Board, General Account-
ing Office, Inter-state Com-
merce Commissiot;, Maritime
Commission, Aeronautics and
Space Administration, Labor
Relations Board, Securities and
Exchange Commission, Small_
Business Administration, TVA,
Civil Service Commission and
the Veterans Administration.
ment, infrared photographic
equipment, one-way glass, or,
two-way mirrors?
? Does your agency have an
internal security force which
consists of persons assigned to
check on the loyalty and securi-
ty of employes, agents and con-
tractees of the agency?
s Does your agency hire pri-
vate concerns to do any of its
security or surveillance work?
? Does your agency either
permit or prohibit the checking
of the contents of desks of em-
ployes?
NOT FBI OR CIA
The -questionnaires did not go
to the Defense or State Depart-
ments, or to the FBI or the
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SnoojingChaije Ulider Stuiiy
Associated Press
A Senate subcommittee is
checking Into reports of
snooping by Government
agencies, through use of mon-
itored telephone conversa-
tions, concealed microphones,
two-way mirrors and other
devices.
Sen. Edward V. Long, (D-
Mo.), making public a com-
prehensive q u e s t I ononaire
sent to Federal agencies, said
yesterday that a preliminary
investigation has been quiet-
ly underway for several
months.
"The further we dig, the
more disturbing information
we uncover," said Long, who
is chairman of the Judiciary
Committee's a d m I nistrative
practice and procedure sub-
committee.
The questionnaire on "In-
vasions of Privacy" calls for
detailed information about
the monitoring and tapping
of telephone calls, the use of
miniature recording devices
and special observation equip-
ment, the placement of mail
covers and the checking of
the contents of employes'
desks.
Zaumeyer Elected
William J. Zaumeyer, a plant
pathologist for the Agriculture
Department, has been elected
president of the American
Phytopathological Society. He
lives at 3804 Thornapple st.,
Chevy Chase.
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