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Summary of Task Force Report on Inquiry into CIA-Related Electronic Surveillance Activities Disclosed in Rockefeller Commission Report (redacted draft; originally top secret; 1977), contrib. by George W. Calhoun and United States Department of Justice (PDF at gwu.edu)
Report on Inquiry into CIA-Related Electronic Surveillance Activities (redacted copy; originally top secret; 1976), by United States Department of Justice (PDF at documentcloud.org)

Filed under: Wiretapping -- Law and legislation -- United States

Electronic surveillance : the interception of wire, oral, and electronic communications pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 2510, et seq., the requirements of the statute and issues which arise in connection with the introduction of this evidence in a Federal criminal prosecution (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, Executive Office for the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, 1992), by William J. Corcoran, Catharine A. Hartzenbusch, and United States. Office of the Deputy Attorney General. Executive Office for the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (page images at HathiTrust)
Wiretapping -- The Attorney General's Program -- 1962 : hearings before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Eighty-Seventh Congress, second session, on Mar. 29, Apr. 4-6, May 10, 17, 24, 1962. (U.S. G.P.O., 1962), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Wiretapping and Eavesdropping Legislation : hearings before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, Eighty-Seventh Congress, first session, on May 9-12, 1961. (U.S. G.P.O., 1961), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights (page images at HathiTrust)

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Filed under: Wiretapping -- Law and legislation -- Latin America

Report on "Wiretapping" legislation in Hispanic countries (Library of Congress, Hispanic Law Division, 1958), by Helen L. Clagett and Library of Congress. Hispanic Law Division (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Wiretapping -- Law and legislation -- Portugal

Report on "Wiretapping" legislation in Hispanic countries (Library of Congress, Hispanic Law Division, 1958), by Helen L. Clagett and Library of Congress. Hispanic Law Division (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Wiretapping -- Law and legislation -- Spain

Report on "Wiretapping" legislation in Hispanic countries (Library of Congress, Hispanic Law Division, 1958), by Helen L. Clagett and Library of Congress. Hispanic Law Division (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Electronic surveillance -- Law and legislation -- United States

Dark Side: Secret Origins of Evidence in US Criminal Cases (New York: Human Rights Watch, 2018), by Sarah St. Vincent (HTML and PDF at hrw.org)
Liberty and Security in a Changing World: Report and Recommendations of the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies (2013), by United States President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies, contrib. by Richard A. Clarke, Michael J. Morell, Geoffrey R. Stone, Cass R. Sunstein, and Peter P. Swire (PDF with commentary at whitehouse.gov)
Summary of Task Force Report on Inquiry into CIA-Related Electronic Surveillance Activities Disclosed in Rockefeller Commission Report (redacted draft; originally top secret; 1977), contrib. by George W. Calhoun and United States Department of Justice (PDF at gwu.edu)
Report on Inquiry into CIA-Related Electronic Surveillance Activities (redacted copy; originally top secret; 1976), by United States Department of Justice (PDF at documentcloud.org)
Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States House Committee on Rules (page images at HathiTrust)
Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act : report together with additional and minority views (to accompany H.R. 5825) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O., 2006), by United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act for the 21st century (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act amendments (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Strengthening Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
USA PATRIOT Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, September 22, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2010), by Civil Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution (page images at HathiTrust)
Reauthorizing the USA PATRIOT Act : ensuring liberty : hearing before the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, September 23, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2010), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
A review of the Tools to Fight Terrorism Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, September 13, 2004. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2007), by Technology United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Terrorism (page images at HathiTrust)
Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, on H.R. 5825, September 12, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by Terrorism United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
Permanent provisions of the PATRIOT Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, March 30, 2011 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by Terrorism United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
Modernization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act : hearing before the Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, Tuesday, May 1, 2007 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (page images at HathiTrust)
FISA hearing : hearing before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, September 20, 2007 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (page images at HathiTrust)
FISA hearing : hearing before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, September 18, 2007 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (page images at HathiTrust)
USA PATRIOT Act : dispelling the myths : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, May 11, 2011 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by Terrorism United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
Federal Bureau of Investigation : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, March 16, 2011 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2012), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Eavesdropping -- United States

Electronic Surveillance and Civil Liberties (1985), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
Eavesdropping on Hell: Historical Guide to Western Communications Intelligence and the Holocaust, 1939-1945 (second edition; Fort George G. Meade, MD: Center for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency, 2005), by Robert J. Hanyok (PDF at nsa.gov)
Commission hearings. (National Commission for the Review of Federal and State Laws Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by United States. National Commission for the Review of Federal and State Laws Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance (page images at HathiTrust)
Staff studies and surveys. (National Commission for the Review of Federal and State Laws Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance :, 1976), by United States. National Commission for the Review of Federal and State Laws Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance (page images at HathiTrust)
Electronic surveillance : report of the National Commission for the Review of Federal and State Laws Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance. (The Commission, 1976), by United States. National Commission for the Review of Federal and State Laws Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance (page images at HathiTrust)
Federal government information technology : electronic surveillance and civil liberties. (Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment :, 1985), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
Wiretapping and eavesdropping legislation. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, Eighty-seventh Congress, first session, on S. 1086 [and other] bills ... (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1961), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights (page images at HathiTrust)
Electronic surveillance : the interception of wire, oral, and electronic communications pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 2510, et seq., the requirements of the statute and issues which arise in connection with the introduction of this evidence in a Federal criminal prosecution (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, Executive Office for the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, 1992), by William J. Corcoran, Catharine A. Hartzenbusch, and United States. Office of the Deputy Attorney General. Executive Office for the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (page images at HathiTrust)
Electronic Communications Privacy Act hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, first and second sessions, on H.R. 3378 ... September 26, October 24, 1985, January 30, and March 5, 1986. (U.S. G.P.O., 1986), by Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
Foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1977 hearings before the Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session, on S. 1566, June 13 and 14, 1977. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures (page images at HathiTrust)
Surveillance technology, 1976 policy and implications, an analysis and compendium of materials : a staff report of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights (page images at HathiTrust)
Foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1978 conference report to accompany S. 1566. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978), by United States Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
The Foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1978, H.R. 7308 (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978), by Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
Foreign intelligence surveillance act : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session on H.R. 7308 ... June 22, 28, and 29, 1978. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off. :, 1978), by Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
Wiretapping and electronic surveillance hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-third Congress, second session ... April 24, 26, and 29, 1974. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974), by Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
Warrantless wiretapping and electronic surveillance : report (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Surveillance and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure (page images at HathiTrust)
Electronic surveillance for national security purposes hearings before the Subcommittees on Criminal Laws and Procedures and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, second session, on S. 2820, S. 3440, and S. 4062, October 1, 2, and 3, 1974. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights (page images at HathiTrust)
Surveillance technology joint hearings before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary and the Special Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Commerce of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session ... June 23, September 9 and 10, 1975. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights and Technology United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Special Subcommittee on Science (page images at HathiTrust)
Commission studies : supporting materials for the Report. (National Commission for the Review of Federal and State Laws Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by United States. National Commission for the Review of Federal and State Laws Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance (page images at HathiTrust)
Implementation of the USA PATRIOT ACT : sections of the act that address the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, April 26 and April 28, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2005), by Terrorism United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Defense to transmit to the House of Representatives all information in the possession of the President or the Secretary of Defense relating to the collection of intelligence information pertaining to persons inside the United States without obtaining court-ordered warrants authorizing the collection of such information and relating to the policy of the United States with respect to the gathering of counterterrorism intelligence within the United States : adverse report of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, on H. Res. 645. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
Legislative proposals to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, September 6, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by Terrorism United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
Hearings on H.R. 1218, the Privacy for Consumers and Workers Act : : hearings before the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, hearings held in Washington, DC, June 11 and July 23, 1991. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1991), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
Hearing on H.R. 1900, Privacy for Consumers and Workers Act of 1993 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, June 30, 1993. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1994), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
Right of privacy act of 1967. : Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, first session, pursuant to S. Res. 25, on S. 928. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1967), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure (page images at HathiTrust)
Privacy for Consumers and Workers Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session on S. 516 ... September 24, 1991. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1992), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity (page images at HathiTrust)
Taping wire or oral communications : hearing before the Subcommittee on Criminal Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on S. 2669 ... June 13, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Law (page images at HathiTrust)
The Privacy for Consumers and Workers Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session on S. 984 ... June 22, 1993. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity (page images at HathiTrust)
Right of privacy act of 1967. Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, first session, pursuant to S. Res. 25, on S. 928. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1967), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure (page images at HathiTrust)
Electronic surveillance issues in federal criminal cases. (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, Executive Office for the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, 1992), by United States. Office of the Deputy Attorney General. Executive Office for the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (page images at HathiTrust)
NIJ standard for surveillance receiver/recorders : a voluntary national standard promulgated by the National Institute of Justice. (U.S. Dept. of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 1984), by National Institute of Justice (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Digital Privacy Act of 2000 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2000), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution (page images at HathiTrust)
Surveillance : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session ... (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975), by Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act : oversight hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, June 8 and 9, 1983. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1985), by Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
Foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1976 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session, on S. 743, S. 1888 and S. 3197, March 29, 30, 1976 (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures (page images at HathiTrust)
Foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1977 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session, on S. 1566, June 13 and 14, 1977. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures (page images at HathiTrust)
State Department security. Hearings before the Sub-committee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Juciciary, United States Senate, Eighty-eighth Congress, first session. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1963), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Electronic surveillance for national security purposes : hearings before the Subcommittees on Criminal Laws and Procedures and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, second session, on S. 2820, S. 3440, and S. 4062, October 1, 2, and 3, 1974. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights (page images at HathiTrust)
Recording of jury deliberations : hearings before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, first session, pursuant to S. Res. 58, October 12 and 13, 1955. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1955), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws and United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
Surveillance technology, 1976 : policy and implications, an analysis and compendium of materials : a staff report of the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights (page images at HathiTrust)
Foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1978 : hearings before the Subcommittee on Intelligence and the Rights of Americans of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session, on S. 1566 (U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1978), by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence. Subcommittee on Intelligence and the Rights of Americans (page images at HathiTrust)
Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)

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