U.S. Laws Said To Hinder Arrests Of Spies In America
WASHINGTON* Jan. 15 (Rec. 6 pm).—The Attorney-General, Mr. Tom Clark, urged Congress to legalise wire-tapping by American intelligence agents and to eliminate loholes in the United States espionage
Mr. Clark has maintained tha loopholes in the present laws are sc
cannot successfully fight spies. Other legislation Mr. Clark recommended would enable the Government to pick up foreign spies before they make an open move to commit sabotage. Under the existing laws, oven if the Federal Bureau of Investigation knows the identity of spies it cannot arrest them until they act.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 17 January 1949, Page 5
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