Electronic invasion equipment is frequently used to gather information, especially in domestic or divorce cases, or to learn business secrets. There is an art to identifying and locating this equipment, be it a wiretap, a telephone tap or an RF transmitter, that consists of not only detection monitors, but visual searches as well.

Although the use of this eavesdropping equipment is illegal, it is used frequently and as a result, we have been retained on numerous occasions to "sweep" homes, businesses and vehicles. The equipment we use is as follows;

• The Telephone Analyzer 300 and Sequencing Logic. The unit is connected inside of the telephone and identifies a "Hot Wired" phone. This simply means that someone, after converting a telephone ear piece into an open microphone, has attached a vacant cable pair to the ear piece and is using this method to listen to conversations taking place in the area the telephone is located.

• The Mark II Bug Catcher. This device enables us to determine if a tape recorder, wiretap, has been attached to either a single or a multi telephone line.

• The Spectrum Monitor 401. This device is a frequency searcher that is used to identify and locate wireless transmitters, more commonly referred to as "Bugs." The unit is also used to detect the presence of an automobile transmitter. While there are numerous units on the market that claim to detect transmitters, some that can be purchased for as little as $100.00, the cost of this unit alone was $5,200.00.

In addition to purchasing and using the best equipment available, in 1977, we went through extensive training at the Dektor Counter Intelligence facility located in Alexandria, Virginia. Anyone can claim they have the ability to "de-bug." and the equipment to do it with. Very few do.