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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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- 9/11 Commission Web Site
- Call For Checks & Balances: A Civil Liberties Perspective for Evaluating the 9/11 Commission Report and Recommendations for Oversight and Accountability as Essential Components of Intelligence Reform [pdf], July 21, 2004
- Kate Martin, Center for National Security Studies, "Domestic Intelligence and Civil Liberties," 7 SAIS Review vol. XXIV no. 1 (Winter-Spring 2004)
- FBI Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) - FBI message circulated through the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (November 28, 2003) - "When a patrol officer runs a name check query on a subject through the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), the system will now include a check for any known or suspected links to terrorism."
- "'Nobody is safe from' scrutiny of program" by Paul Shukovsky and Mike Barber, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (November 29, 2003) - about Washington State's LINX database
- FBI intelligence bulletin on collection of information by local police, October 15, 2003
- Testimony of Jerry Berman before House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees, July 22, 2003
- C-SPAN Video of House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committee Hearing on Terrorist Threat Analysis, July 22, 2003 [RealPlayer]
- Todd Masse, Congressional Research Service, "Domestic Intelligence in the United Kingdom: Applicability of the MI-5 Model to the United States" May 19, 2003
- Testimony of Winston P. Wiley, chair of the TTIC senior steering group, before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, February 26, 2003
- A description of the CIA's Counterterrorist Center, whose mission appears to overlap significantly with that of the TTIC
- White House materials about the TTIC, February 14, 2003
Fact Sheet President's Remarks
- Press release of Sen. John Edwards on his bill to establish a Homeland Intelligence Agency, February 13, 2003
- President Bush's proposal to establish a Terrorism Threat Integration Center, Jan. 28, 2003
- Domestic Intelligence Agencies: The Mixed Record of the UK's MI5 [pdf] by Jim Dempsey, January 27, 2003
- Americans Do Not Need a New Domestic Spy Agency to Improve Intelligence and Homeland Security by Larry M. Wortzel, Heritage Foundation, January 10, 2003
- Homeland Security Begins at Home, by Bruce Reed and Jose Cerda III, Democratic Leadership Conference, Blueprint Magazine, July 29, 2002
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