One of the three counts against Nixon in the vote to impeach Nixon by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee was based on such eavesdropping.

3.6 With regard to his claim under article 17, the author submits that, as a client of Mr. A.T.M.M., he should have been accorded judicial protection from the wire tapping and recording of his telephone conversations with his lawyer, since he could not know that the latter was a suspect in criminal investigations.