CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY ON POSSIBLE TELEPHONE HAZARDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00380R000300010044-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 15, 2005
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: July 27, 1973
• Content Type: MFR

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27 July 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Congressional Inquiry on Possible Telephone
Hazards
1. On 25 July 1973 the undersigned was informed by
Acting Deputy Director for Personnel
Security, that he had received a call from
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concerning a request for information from an aide of the
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee. Because
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recognized that the subject matter was not his field, he
referred the matter to the undersigned.
2. Requestor of the information was Jack Norpel of the
above mentioned Senate Subcommittee. This subcommittee
comes under the Senate Judiciary Committee. The request
was for information on the technical feasibility of "hot
miking" a telephone without access to the telephone. Mr.
Norpel had told that he did not wish to have any,
classified information on this subject but did want to know
whether the possibility existed.
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Office of Legislative Counsel were brie e y e ersigned
on the afternoon of 25 July to answer this request. The
undersigned stated that there were two techniques which
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S. The undersigned urged to find out as much
as he could about the origin of this telephone concern and
whether any further information is desired because the
Technical Division, Office of Security is interested in this
subject matter. It would like to know for instance whether
the inquiry stemmed from a sales pitch of an automatic
telephone disconnector company or whether it was a matter of
only general interest stemming from Watergate or similar
current affairs. said he would do this and would
pass the information to the undersigned. said
that he would probably meet with Mr. Norpel on 2 my to
discuss this matter.
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