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FD-350 (Rev, 7-16-63) 4 Lingo sees— e e° ia i BY BUD GORDON - News staff writer MONTGOMERY, Aug. 15 | Alabama Public Safety ‘Director Al Lingo said Sat- urday the state expects to imake an early arrest in its recently launched “wire- tap” investigation. , Although he declined to elab- orate, Col. Lingo said state in-' vestigators “have a prime sus- pect,” and almost enough evi- ‘dence to make an arrest. 1 Lingo said the investigation .jwas’ launched about a month ago, when an electronic “tele- \phone bug” was found on the’ office phone of Miss Sybil Pool, member of the Alabama Public’ Service Commission. SINCE THEN, he said, two other “bugs” have been lo- cated—both in private homes | in Birmingham. More details about the telephone bugs may) be found elsewhere in today’s! News in a full report dealing] with wiretapping. i The latest tap found was dis- covered in the home of a North Birmingham citizen last Thurs- day, according to Lingo. The “bug,” a small electronic de- © vice capable of transmitting a telephone conversation several blocks, was tliscovered behind a wall baseboard. - : Lingo would not disclose the ; names of the Birmingham citi- | zens whose phones were tapped, for fear of hindering the inves- ‘\tigation, «| “It looks like people don't) Ihave any privacy anymore,” ‘|Lingo said. “We are going to "/get to the bottom of this thing if it takes every investigator we: have.” Lingo declined to say whether there is any connection between ‘the three wiretaps. He said the sinvestigators have a “new lead’ \in the case which may lead to an atrest within the next few nese oa \days. S ‘Under Alabama la¥. wiretap- ing or interfering with a tele- phone message is a qpisde, meanor punishable by a. $500 sor-eret mt (indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) PAGE A-38 THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS Date: = 8/16/64 Edition: FINAL Author: Editor: Tile: "LINGO SEES ARREST SOON IN WIRETAPS" Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: Birmingha (CO Being Investigated