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Fi-g>2u thev, 7-16-63) U Home Here_ -Wiretapped Lingo Reveals =~: Probe Under Way | iy pa lic Safety Director Albert a. Lingo, -. - Colonel Lingo said yesterday a a wiretapping device has been! found attached to the telephone lines at a home in Birmingham. He declined to say exactly: where for fear of hindering a. spare the wiretape victims the possibility of receiving crank phone calls. Jt was the third wiretapping case uncovered in Alabama in two months, accord- ing to Lingo. He said “bugging” devices have been found at an- other house in Birmingham and in a staté office building in Montgomery. i Don’t Have Privacy - “It looks like people don't have any privacy any more,” said the State Troopers head. He declined to reveal who was “bugged” in the other two cases. Hé identified the subjects whase telephone was tapped i in the new ease simply as “private citizens of Birmingham.” Lingo declined to say whether there is any connection suspect- ed betwéen any of the _three cases, i . He said he has a lead in the new wiretapping case and said Stale Troopers are near seizing a suspect. ~< ; Had Transmilien | _ He said the device involved in the latest wiretapping in- stance is a Self-contained trans- mitter about two and one-half inches long and about one inch wide. . He said the unit, found con- nected to ieiephone lines behind a wall, was capable of sending a signal to a receiver in a nearby}: ear or house which could “pick|: up everything that is said on|: t that telephone.” : Lingo pointed out that state w provides a penalty of $500 ‘sd six months in igi roa Dund guilty of mike. et se ange epmrnereri nat es er FET ag St " State Troopers are investigat- : "ing a case of wiretapping in]. Birmingham, accerding to Pub} pending investigation and to - (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) ___ PAGE ONE BIRMINGHAM POST- HERALD bet: «8/15/64 Edition: FINAL Author: mUors Editor: Title: “HOME HERE WIERETAPPED" Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: Birming har