JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL TUESDAY - 17 OCTOBER 1967

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• Publication Date: October 17, 1967
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Tuesday - 17 October 1967
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8. Talked with Bernard Fensterwald, Chief
Counsel, Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure of Senate
Committee on Judiciary, about the status of wiretapping legislation. He
advised that in fact Senator McClellan's bill, S. 675, is being attached to an
already passed House bill on aid to State law enforcement agencies which bill
is an Administration-sponsored bill. Fensterwald also advised that Senator
Hart is very seriously considering pushing for a judicial procedure for all
wiretapping indicating that he specifically had in mind the national security
exemptions. Further, McClellan's bill does not have the language on national
security which was worked out by Justice, CIA, NSA and the Subcommittee.
I also reviewed this situation with Larry Conrad who also sat in on the
last meeting of the Subcommittee involving this situation. He was of the view
that Senator Hart's proposal did not go to the national security exemption but
rather to the organized crime situation.. He has promised to take this up with
Senator Birch Bayh with the thought that Bayh would inquire as to Senator Hart's
views.
about S. 1035. He is fully familiar with its implications and regretted that
he was away when Katzenbach requested some assistance from Meeker. He
indicated that this was a matter which State felt very strongly about, adding
that they had planned to focus their efforts in the House. He will check with
the Bureau of the Budget so that they can make a contribution to the over-all
Government position.
Also discussed with Mr. Lyerly the Gross amendment in terms of
the nearly completed negotiations with the Cypriot government. He was
familiar with the Cypriot negotiations of course but was unaware of the Gross
amendment. However, his office would handle the question of Presidential
waiver and I alerted him to the necessity of protecting our share of the
Cypriot payment in securing such a waiver since reports are required on
such waivers to the Congress.
10. Met with James Kendall, Colonel Harper and
Colonel Glenn Smith, Senate Preparedness Investigating Subcommittee staff,
and signed them up for the various special clearances so that now all have the
same clearances.
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