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Aware that the combined efforts of the Detroit police and Michigan's National Guard would probably not be enough to contain Detroit's rioters, Romney telephoned Attorney General Ramsey Clark at 3:30 a.m. Monday to let him know that he might have to ask for reinforcements in the form of federal troops. The President, who had been alerted before midnight by Clark that things might fall apart, dispatched Cyrus Vance, the recently retired Deputy Defense Secretary and a longtime friend, to size up the situation in Detroit...
...year clerk. Now 72, and the only chief the FBI has ever had, Hoover marked the anniversary in characteristic fashion-working at his desk from 9 a.m. till past 6 p.m., and breaking only for a quiet lunch at the White House with L.B.J. and Attorney General Ramsey Clark...
Rats & Riots. With the summer less than half gone, nobody can predict where the fire will strike next time. "It can't be graphed," said Attorney General Ramsey Clark. "The conditions have existed over many years." Already in 1967, the flames have blistered some 30 cities-Omaha, Houston, Chicago...
...Ramsey Clark laid down the new rules in response to a 1965 order from President Johnson, who insisted that eavesdropping by Government agents be "fully in accord with the law and with a decent regard for the rights of others." The Justice Department, aware that a bugging case was before the U.S. Supreme Court, delayed issuing the memorandum until the court acted. Last month the court took its stand, declaring a New York State eavesdropping law unconstitutional by a vote of 5 to 4-with Associate Justice Tom Clark writing the majority decision. It was the last major case...
...Under Ramsey Clark's guidelines, all federal agencies and departments-including military intelligence units-must get permission to bug from the Attorney General. And, said an aide, he is not likely to be "terribly permissive." Except in national-security cases, or with the consent of one of the parties, the memorandum forbids tapping of telephones or electronic probes that involve physically trespassing into a closed room. Left unclear by the memorandum's cautious wording was whether such sophisticated bugs as the "detectaphone," which can hear through walls, may be used by federal agents. The memorandum merely observes that...