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Wiretap Overview
Overview Government Surveillance of Telephones and the Internet
Search & Seizure
The Dept. of Justice has written a manual on the rules for seizing evidence stored in computers. "Searching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations"
Carnivore
Carnivore is a computer program designed by the FBI to intercept Internet communications.
CDT's Carnivore Reference Page
CALEA
The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (CALEA) was supposed to preserve law enforcement surveillance capabilities in the face of technological chage, but the FBI has been trying to use it to claim control over the design of the telephone network to enhance its surveillance powers.
CDT's CALEA Reference Page
Roving Wiretaps
A roving wiretap order allows the government to tap any phone lines that a suspect may use.
-Congress Passes "Roving Wiretaps," Expands Surveillance Authority
-E-RIGHTS Bill (S. 854) tightens standard for roving taps
Echelon
Echelon is a secretive international surveillance system that operates outside of the normal limitations of the Constitution.
International Monitoring by US government
FIDNet
FIDNet is a comprehensive monitoring system intended to protect government computers, but it raises serious privacy concerns.
CDT's FIDNet Reference Page
CESA
CESA was a bill proposed by the Clinton Administration that would allow the government to seize decryption keys without notice to the user.
CDT's CESA Reference Page
Articles
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- CDT memo on the Homeland Security Department, December 10, 2002
- White House Homeland Security page, includes Nov. 25, 2002 HSD Reorganization Plan
- Gilmore Commission's report, Nov. 15, 2002
- America Still Unprepared - America Still in Danger [pdf], report of an independent task force sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, Oct. 2002
- Substitute Homeland Security legislation proposed by Sens. Gramm and Miller [pdf], Sept 23, 2002
- Comments by Progress & Freedom Foundation Senior Fellow and Director of Communications Policy Studies Randolph J. May, "Will We Be Safe at Home?"
- Draft of Homeland Security bill, as reported by Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Lieberman
Part I Table of Contents
Part II Sections 100-140
Part III Sections 151-601
Part IV Section 1001-2403
- Homeland Security Bill, as passed by the House [pdf], July 18, 2002.
- White House National Security Strategy, July 2002
- White House Fact Sheet on National Strategy for Homeland Security [pdf], July 16, 2002
- Executive Summary of White House National Security Strategy, [pdf] July 16, 2002
- Brookings Institution: Assessing the Department of Homeland Security [pdf], July 2002
- Letter from Rep. Waxman and Rep. Obey to Tom Ridge [pdf] July 9, 2002
- Hearings on the Relationship Between a Department of Homeland Security and the Intelligence Community, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs June 26, 2002 June 27, 2002
- Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Protecting the Homeland, June 26, 2002
- House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Proposal to Create a Department of Homeland Security, June 26, 2002
- ACLU Comments on Homeland Security Department, [pdf] June 20, 2002
- The Administration's Homeland Security Bill, [pdf] June 18, 2002
- Administration's section-by-section analysis of the Homeland Security Bill, [pdf] June 18, 2002
- The President's message accompanying transmittal of the Homeland Security bill to Congress, [pdf] June 18, 2002
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