TESTIMONY OF THE HONORABLE EDWARD H. LEVI, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, NOVEMBER 6, 1975

• NCJ Number: 29965
• Author(s): E H LEVI
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 61 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DISCUSSION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE FOR INTELLIGENCE GATHERING PURPOSES IN NATIONAL SECURITY CASES AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT PROHIBITION AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE.

Abstract

INCLUDED ARE HISTORIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S POSITION AND PRACTICE WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF BOTH TELEPHONE WIRETAPPING AND TRESPASSORY PLACEMENT OF MICROPHONES, AND THE INTERPRETATION OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT BY THE SUPREME COURT. LEVI MAINTAINS THAT ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE CONDUCTED FOR FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PURPOSES, ESSENTIAL TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, IS LAWFUL UNDER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF A WARRANT, AT LEAST WHERE THE SUBJECT OF THE SUREVILLANCE IS A FOREIGN POWER OR AN AGENT OR COLLABORATOR OF A FOREIGN POWER.