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...authorizes warrantless domestic security wiretaps on short notices. It also permits conviction of defendants for committing crimes that they were induced to commit by police pressures or entrapment...
Powell did not deal, however, with warrantless eavesdropping on foreign agents, which the Government has felt free to do ever since President Roosevelt authorized taps on suspected spies during World War II. "No doubt," said Powell, "there are cases where it will be difficult to distinguish between 'domestic' and 'foreign' activities directed against the Government. But this is not such a case...
...Bleeding Heart. Kleindienst was referring to a Supreme Court ruling three years ago which declared that individuals subjected to illegal eavesdrops have a right to transcripts of what has been overheard if they are to be prosecuted. Warrantless taps are known to have been used, for example, in investigations of the Chicago Seven and in the recent Berrigan case. Wherever violations are found, the Justice Department will have to either disclose the details of the eavesdropping or drop prosecution. Wouldn't it be only proper to inform anyone who has been illegally overheard? "Hell, no," said Kleindienst. "Our duty...
...TIME, Sept. 20). The resulting conviction might have been upheld if the youth had simply grabbed Dad's stash on his own; instead, he had returned to his house on police instructions to get the evidence. Thus he became a police agent, and as such, he conducted a warrantless search in violation of the Fourth Amendment...
...past three years, four cases involving warrantless internal-security wiretaps have reached the courts. Two decisions have gone for the Government, two against. In the Plamondon case, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals endorsed Judge Keith's decision. Mitchell determined to appeal...