Does the failure of a prosecutor to make at least a so-called eight agency search 1 for possible electronic surveillance of a witness be a result of uneasiness about what the search might uncover?

The failure of the prosecutor to make at the very least a so-called "eight agency search" ¹ for possible electronic surveillance may be a result of an uneasiness about what the search might uncover. Instances in this and other courts of denials by the government that any such surveillance took place, later replaced by retractions, emphasize the need for stricter safeguards in this area. United States v. Smilow, 472 F.2d 1193 (2d Cir. 1973); Cf. In re Tierney, 465 F.2d 806, 813 (5th Cir. 1972); United States v. Smith, 321 F.Supp. 424 (C.D.Cal.1971).