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FD-759 Rev. 5-25-95!
To: SAC, Pittsburgh O '
Attn: VIOLENT C Section
From: SAC - - / 1!
Title: I laka
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JOHN P. MURTHA-MEMBER OF CONGRESS
CCSCAKA-THREATgate: 11/Q3/1998
For FBI Field Ofce use only
CM# 4024
Notication of SAC Authority Granted for Use of
CONSENSUAL Monitoring Equipment
Check _t_>_|1 one!
Kl Routine Use
El Emergency Use-Sensitive Circumstances cannot exceed
30 days & Mgy be exggnded only by E§||jQ!.
This form must be typewritten & submitted within 10 working days of
the date authority is granted as shown in Item 5 below.
1. Reason for Proposed Use: Check!
El Corroborate El Protect D Protect IE Collect
Testimony Consenting Government Evidence
Party Property
III Other Specify!
3. Consenting Party ldentifyQNL¥ on Field Office Copy!
IX Nonconfidential Party
El Confidential Source
El Cooperative Witness2. Type of Equipment: Check!
El TransmitterlReceiver El Concealed Recorder
El CCTV/Audio Br Video El CCTV Video only
El Microphone IE Telephone
III Other Specify!
4. lntercepteeisl: Include Title if Public Official!
& others as yet unknown.
5. Duration of Proposed use:
Authorized On: 10/Z9/1998
IX For the duration of Investigation
El For 30 days Emergency NTCM usage!
Expiring On:El ln a Motel Rm.
I3 In a Residence
El In a'V'ehicle6. Equipment Concealed: 7. City & State where Equipment will
IE In a Telephone be used: __-_------_-_-
El On a Person JOHNSTOWN, PA
IX Other l5P°°lfVl 1Li I
8. The following mandatory requirements have been met: 9. Government Attorney in judicial district where monitoring andlor
IX Consenting party has agreed to testify;
IX Consenting party has executed a consent form; &
[H Recording/transmitting device will be activated
. only when consenting party is present.
10. Violation s!: Titlelsl 18 Sec s 115a 1 USCrecording will take place has been contacted; foresees no entrapment;
& concurs in the use of the technique.
IE Yes El No Date of Contact: 10/30/1998Identity of Govt. Atty: AUSAI l
Judicial District: WD b 6
b 7 C! ! ! B!
11. DOJ notification required El Yes IE No. If "Yes" check reason below:
NOTE: Requests for Routine NTCM usage involving any of the 7 sensitive circumstances requires a teletype to HQ prepared in the format
described in the MIOG, Part ll, Section 10-10.3 8!. Request for Emergency NTCM usage involving item 6 below requires immediate
contact with the FBIHO. substantive desk for DOJ approval. The 7 sensitive circumstances do not apply to the use of CCTV video only.
1. El Interception relates to an investigation of a member of Congress; a Federal Judge; a member of the Executive Branch at Executive Level IV or
above; or a person who has served in such capacity within the previous 2 years.
2. III Interception relates to an investigation of any public official and the offense investigated is one involving bribery; conflict of interest; or
extortion relating to the performance of his/her official duties.
3. El Interception relates to an investigation of a Federal law enforcement official.
4. El Consenting/nonconsenting party is a member of the diplomatic corps of a foreign country. -._
5. .EI Consenting/nonconsenting party is or has been a member of the Witness Security Program and that fact is known to the agency involved or
its officers. ,
6. El Consenting/nonconeenting party is in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons or the U.S. Marshals Service.
7. El Attorney General; Deputy Attorney General; Associate Attorney General; Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division; or the U.S.
Attorney in the district where an investigation is being conducted has requested the investigating agency to obtain prior written consent for
making a consensual interception in a specic investigation.
1'2. Synopsis of'Case: Attach additional page it necessary! ' '
On 12/3/97,|:|in a telephone conversation with an insurance agent regarding a disputed claim , threatened the life
of the insurance agent and Congressman Murtha among others. |:| initially transported by local police department to alocal hospital for psychiatric evaluation. ubsequently prosecuted by local authorities regarding the threats directed
toward the insurance agent, and on 9/2 , was convicted in a jury trial. On 10/15/98, was sentenced on the state
charges to five years probation and ordered to undergo mental health evaluation. On 7/8/98 as convicted in
federal court in a jury trial of the threats directed toward Congressman Murtha. Sentence pending in federal court.
13. Justification statement necessitating emergency authorization: 14. CDC i
El Emergency 30 day authorization granted due to irprninent nee within
48 hours! for use of consensual monitoririgad&cQ§!!'-'-whic ecliided
the handling of this request in the usual rlialter.
,_ El Other Attach Additional Page to Specify!Sa:'ializedField ApprovalG. ,_ . ..
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