Wire-tap

"Subordinate to this argument is the violation of a variety of state and federal statutes, including Section 605 of the Communications Act of 1934, which expressly forbids the use of a wire-tap."

"In view of that, I think I will agree with Mr. Shimon that it may be well for this committee to look into the New York law — and he made it in executive session — which requires a police officer who wants to get permission to wire-tap to go to a judge, or in this case you could make it a Commissioner, or the Board of Commissioners or the presideing senior judge of the United States district court, and let him determine whether or not under the circumstances it is of sufficient importance, the gravity of the situation as they know it then, not when it develops later 2 or 3 years, and let him decide whether it should be issued or not."