JFK and RFK were behind the wiretappers!!!
When Hoover asked for the wiretaps, Bobby consulted me (I was then his deputy) and Burke Marshall, head of the Civil Rights Division. Both of us agreed to the tap because we believed a refusal would lend credence to the allegation of communist influence, while permitting the tap, we hoped, would demonstrate the contrary.
Johnson replaced this guy with Ramsey Clark ....to moderate the Kennedy influence.