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President Ford Approved Warrantless Wiretaps in 1974
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — President Gerald Fold authorized the FBI to use domestic warrantless wiretaps in 1974, according to the website WIRED. The website, which cites a classified memo recently obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting, says Ford signed a Dec. 19, 1974 memo giving his approvalĀ “just one month before the…