BIG BROTHER'S EARS ARE GETTING LITTLER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67B00446R000300110020-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 2, 2004
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: February 14, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

But They're Hearing More as Peeping
And Eavesdropping Business Booms,
Even in the Federal Government
By Raittoit Geremiat and they are available to . The less expensive ver.
Wi.htniton.Post Stiff Writer . Government agencies which ~ sions of the more sophisticat.
"JUST THINK of the con- 'ostensibly do not allow them.. ed gear include:
?venience of this one," said One advertised GSA. item is ? An "International-Police.
the last line of the magazine 'a "telephone adaptor for mon- Room Probe" that "sets into
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Above It was a drawing of a beep." I advertisements. This Item
a man with a sly, devilish THE CONGRESSIONAL gives 172'-degree-wide vision,
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"Hear two-way conversa- . ciary subcommittee on ad'min- scopes out from one . to 5
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nches and costs $8,95. This
tions without picking up re? istrative ~'practices, headed,
ceiver," said the ad for this. by'Sen. Edward. V. Long (D- "little optical gem," accord-:
"new, private listening de- Mo.) and the, special, House Ing to Its maker, is "made in
:,'vice," that "weighs only, 1t ..'government operations sub Spain for use in Interpol, the
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The International Auaio-,
and more of the electronic privacy hearings next, Thurs-',;
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devices designed for military day. Wall Probe which
use are being made available Bernard F e n s t e r w a 1 d "just place against any wall,"
for civilians. This ingenious'"eounsel. for the Senate sub -and it will "pick' up sounds,
(just /-inch thick) unit is.1 committee: said that last fall, .voices:in the next room," sc-
-five-page 'ques- .cording to its ads. "This solid
one, and Ingenious it is. Just;'a detailed
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lay it ' against a telephone, tionnaire concerning invasion state space-age device has
put the plug in. your ear, anti:., of privacy was sent to 34 Just been made available to
you can hear and record a 2. agencies. the public from missile re-
Government a a .. a .. .a n.
-` without touching. or picking eatev that phoney monitoring, says.the blurb. It weighs only
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"Pretty sly little gadget" and' miniatuuro transmitters
says one version, of the ad, are the. primary ' snooping and sounds in the next room
`"'it fits in your pocket with-practices used in the Govern- : "good for knowing what the
out a bulge." ment. -kids are doing .without their
And with just $18.95 and a .Fensterwald said the sub-realizing it.".
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Diners Club card you can be. committee has not so far . ,
the first in your neighbor- concerned itself with the which records only when it
1964, edition 'of the Diners Government's security agen-
.Club Magazine. vies, such as the FBI CIA tiling with switches because
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many, many" clever little A major : concern of 'the ',newspaper ad.
gadgets you can use . to be- committees is those devices " 0 A wristwatch micro-
come your own private, ear.' which are available not only phone with a 'tiny wire that
You too can eavesdrop elec- to Government agencies but `runs up under your sleeve to
a miniature' recordier. The
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and neighbors. well-dressed man, also has
These devices are easy to For one , thing, . Federal his choice of a tie-clasp, cuff
come by, so easy, in fact, Communications Commission, link or fountain pen micro.
hone which cost $24
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that two congre
?regulations .prohibit- record p
committees are conducting', each.
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,inquiries into violations' of,, ing any, telephone conversa- *
An "executive styled
privacy by the unrestricted" tion without using a beeping 'ball point pen desk set which
< sale of electronic snooping device. contains a hidden, miniature
privacy is almost non-exist- .,phone, directory has a Para- discreet recording." This, by
ent and those state laws graph which says that If you .the way, is another one of
vague and antiquated. quired through the GSA
about every 15 seconds the
catalogue.
Congress passed a law in
1934 providing stiff penalties. conversation is being record ? An attache case that is
I for wiretapping, but,wiretsp-. ,ed. ' really a secret recorder "with
ping is practiced with Impun- "This signal is provided by life-like fidelity." This item
,ity and virtual 'Immunity the Telephone Company for "records clearly with case
from Federal prosecution.. : your protection," says the shut In vertical or horizontal
One reason is that the phone book. "Use of a record position," and has a "button-
Government Is hesitant about er without recorder-conned.- down writing desk . pad,"
bringing attention to some of tor equipment containing a, which conceals the recorder
the devices it uses, tone-warning device is con- even when . the case is
Most Government agen? trary to the Company's tar-. opened'.
'vies, however, have a written iffs and not permitted." ? The snooper which "am-
policy which prohibits re-.. p l i f i e s sound 1,000,000
tf'ha'rlavlrPC'nnnaraily avail-
phone calls without advance., are 1w1 3V 3Vyuaor^caacu Qa, , ana newspapers. '1'nis item
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the purchase, rent, leasing or kits which. run into thou-, say, you can "aim it at a
borrowing of electronic or sands of dollars, but 'they .group of friends a block
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