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RCED-95-54R 1 (1994-11-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackrw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-259174 November 15, 1994 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter responds to your request concerning various matters relating to the use of electronic surveillance equipment on general aviation aircraft to assist in the interdiction of individuals suspected of smuggling drugs. Specifically, you asked us to (1) determine whether certain federal law enforcement agencies were surreptitiously installing such devices to investigate individuals suspected of using aircraft to smuggle drugs, (2) substantiate allegations you had received that the law enforcement agencies used technicians that were not approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to install and remove the devices, and (3) determine the disposition of the aircraft on which the equipment was installed. In summary, we found that between January 1991 and December 1993, the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the U.S. Customs Service were involved in 62 cases involving electronic surveillance devices on 85 general aviation aircraft. On the basis of information we obtained from Justice and Customs, 41 devices were installed under a court order, 17 with the consent of the aircraft's owners, and 27 on government- controlled aircraft.' We could not substantiate the allegations that the technicians who installed the devices were not approved by FAA. In fact, Customs provided us 'Government-controlled aircraft are owned or in the custody of law enforcement agencies at the time the device was installed. The law enforcement agencies may have obtained the aircraft through a forfeiture, purchase, or lease. GAOIRCED-95-54R, Electronic Surveillance

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