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Fip-sou wev. 1-10-63) Bn REE EE Sp ern Wi retapped f Lingo Reveals =: Probe Under Way ing a case of wiretapping in Birmingham, according to Pub- lic Safety Director Albert a Linga, 2... 7. Colonel Lingo said yesterday a wiretapping device has been lines at a home in Birmingham. He declined to say exactly: where for fear of hindering a pending investigation and to spare the wiretape victims the possibility of receiving crank phone calls. It 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. 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. He identified the subjects whose telephone was tapped in the new, case simply as “private citizens of Birmingham.” Lingo declined to say wbether, there is any connection suspect- ed betwéen any of the three cases, 4 He said he has a lead i in the new wiretapping case and said State Troopers are near seizing: a suspect. Had Transmillen 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 telephone lines behind ‘a wall, was capable of sending a signal to a receiver in a nearby}. cat or house which could “pick up everything that is said on| that telephone.” Lingo pointed out that state *. State Troopers are investigat-|- found attached to the telephone} Ww provides 2 penalty of $500) N six months in jail os a » und guilty of 2 Undicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) ___ PAGE ONE BIRMINGHAM POST- HERALD Date: 8/15/64 Edition: FINAL Author: Editor: Title: “HOME HERE WIRETAPPED" Character: or Claesification: Submitting Office: Birminghar LD Being Investigated