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t 419 arrested due to lega4wiretaps, electronicIh bi: 1 0 f 4 o ! 0 0' \ ? JusticebugsI(WASHINGTON (AP) - TheDepartment reports it ’ f has used wiretaps or electronic 7 i surveillance in 133 cases in the r! n Past ^ months—and 419 persons o o have been arrested as a result.o O'12 9 «Sen. John L. McClellan, D-Ark., said the accounting vindicated the judgment of the Senate in approving wiretapping with court permission.“Fortunately, the present ad- io minis'ration is making forceful6S-so040and effective use of it,” McClellan said in placing the wire* tapping report in the Congressional Record.McClellan said opponents of one, and used all but threethe bill that legalized wiretapscontended it would permit Only five pr opie have been con-“promiscuous snooping and the, vie ted, he said, but that is be-invasion of privacy of American cause none of the cases involved citizens without any correspond- has yet come to tr-ai. The fivemg gain to law enforcement. convictions were produced byguilty pleas.“These fears and predictions have in no way materialized,’' McClellan .said the results of he said. McClellan said there just a few of these court ap have been no reports of abuse proved wiretaps” includeor misuse of wiretapping pow- —Seizure of 124 pounds of borers. oin worth $8 million.Henry E. Petersen, deputy as Breakup of two numberssistant attorney general, said racket rings operating in 60 lo-the Justice Department has ap- cation- m the Midwest, plied to the courts for 137 wire- —Recovery of $500,000 in sto-tapping orders, obtained all but Sen bonds.IunPtrvtrtc,FrwOfi-Prevention of a murder andTTn each case, he said, Atty. recovery of the loot in a bank11*ViGen, John N. Mi-tchell has per- robbery, both of which agents poBases in Spainv %• - i • - • . r„ ,, - ; * - - Lr - * • . .. , - . ,. »■ -son ally approved the application overhead be- ng plannedbefore authorizing its filing.McClellan said members ofylt;0 0questionedEighty-two of the cases in- Cosa Nostra or other organtzelt;! volved gambling violations, 28 crime groups were involved in involved narcotics, Petersen each of the c »ses he citedsaid. He said that firmly e-tab-He said 121 of the wiretaps hshed the effectiveness of wire-were productive, producing 419 tapping in combatting organizedarrests and 325 indictments, . rimerrTwmBhe
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Port Arthur News
Port Arthur, Texas, US
Mon, Aug 03, 1970
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