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• What the Government Does With Americans' Data (New York: Brennan Center for Justice, c2013), by Rachel Levinson-Waldman (PDF with commentary at brennancenter.org)
• Electronic Surveillance in a Digital Age (1995), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society (2003), by Jay Stanley and Barry Steinhardt (PDF with commentary at aclu.org)
• American Cryptology During the Cold War, 1945-1989 (4 volumes; declassified redacted version, published 1995-1999), by Thomas R. Johnson
  • Book 1 (1945-1960): PDF at nsa.gov
  • Book 2 (1960-1972): PDF at nsa.gov
  • Book 3 (1972-1980): PDF at nsa.gov
  • Book 4 (1981-1989): PDF at nsa.gov
• Electronic Surveillance and Civil Liberties (1985), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• Fourth Amendment and the Internet: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, April 6, 2000 (Washington: GPO, 2000), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary
  • HTML at house.gov
  • page images at HathiTrust

• 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)

• Privacy on the Line: The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption (updated and expanded edition; Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, 2007), by Whitfield Diffie and Susan Eva Landau (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)
• Warrantless Wiretapping: Hearings Before the Subcommitee on Administrative Practive and Procedure of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-Second Congress, Second Session, on Practices and Procedures of the Department of Justice for Warrantless Wiretapping and Other Electronic Surveillance, June 29, 1972 (Washington: GPO, 1973), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Electronic Surveillance and Civil Liberties (1985), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• 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)

• 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)

• Privacy on the Line: The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption (updated and expanded edition; Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, 2007), by Whitfield Diffie and Susan Eva Landau (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)

• Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society (2003), by Jay Stanley and Barry Steinhardt (PDF with commentary at aclu.org)

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• Surveillance Giants: How the Business Model of Google and Facebook Threatens human Rights (in multiple languages; 2019), by Amnesty International (PDF files with commentary at amnesty.org)
• The End of Trust (McSweeney's #54; 2018), ed. by McSweeney's (Firm) (PDF at eff.org)

• Transparent Lives: Surveillance in Canada (c2014), ed. by Colin J. Bennett, Kevin D. Haggerty, David Lyon, and Valerie M. Steeves (PDF with commentary at AU Press)

• Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, c2015), ed. by Michael A. Geist (PDF with commentary at uottawa.ca)

• China's Algorithms of Repression: Reverse Engineering a Xinjiang Police Mass Surveillance App (in English, Chinese, Arabic, and other languages; New York: Human Rights Watch, 2019), by Maya Wang (illustrated HTML and PDF files with commentary at hrw.org)

• Making Things Stick: Surveillance Technologies and Mexico's War on Crime (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, c2016), by Keith Guzik
  • multiple formats with commentary at Luminos
  • PDF files at JSTOR

• Security and Privacy: Global Standards for Ethical Identity Management in Contemporary Liberal Democratic States (c2011), by John Kleinig, Peter Mameli, Seumas Miller, Douglas Edward Salane, and Adina Schwartz (multiple formats with commentary at ANU E Press)

• Surveillance and Society (2002-) (full serial archives)

• Surveillance and Society (2002-) (full serial archives)

• Surveillance and Society (2002-) (full serial archives)

• Spartans in Darkness: American SIGINT and the Indochina War, 1945-1975 (US cryptologic history series VI v. 7, declassified redacted version (2007); with supplementary file of additional declassified portions released 2008), by Robert J. Hanyok (PDF files with commentary at fas.org)

• Privacy and Human Rights, by Privacy International and Electronic Privacy Information Center (full serial archives)

• 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)

• Cracking DES: Secrets of Encryption Research, Wiretap Politics and Chip Design (1998), by Electronic Frontier Foundation (HTML at cryptome.org and other sites)

• Deep Lab (Pittsburgh: Deep Lab and the Frank-Ratchye Studio for Creative Inquiry, 2014), by Addie Wagenknecht, Allison Burtch, Claire L. Evans, Denise Caruso, Harlo Holmes, Ingrid Burrington, Jillian C. York, Kate Crawford, Lindsay Howard, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Maddy Varner, Maral Pourkazemi, and Runa A. Sandvik (PDF with commentary at studioforcreativeinqury.org)

• Civilian Satellite Remote Sensing: A Strategic Approach (1994), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Remotely Sensed Data From Space: Distribution, Pricing, and Applications (Washington, DC: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, International Security and Commerce Program, 1992), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF at unt.edu)
• Remotely Sensed Data: Technology, Management and Markets (OTA-ISS-604; 1994), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF at unt.edu)

• Remotely Sensed Data From Space: Distribution, Pricing, and Applications (Washington, DC: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, International Security and Commerce Program, 1992), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF at unt.edu)

• Remotely Sensed Data: Technology, Management and Markets (OTA-ISS-604; 1994), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF at unt.edu)
• Commercial Newsgathering From Space (1987), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Remotely Sensed Data From Space: Distribution, Pricing, and Applications (Washington, DC: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, International Security and Commerce Program, 1992), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF at unt.edu)

• Corona: America's First Satellite Program (1995), by United States Central Intelligence Agency, ed. by Kevin Conley Ruffner (PDF at fdlp.gov)

• Remote Sensing and the Private Sector: Issues for Discussion (OTA-TM-ISC-20; 1984), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remotely Sensed Data: Technology, Management and Markets (OTA-ISS-604; 1994), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF at unt.edu)
• Commercial Newsgathering From Space (1987), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• International Agreements on Cooperation in Remote Sensing and Earth Observation (1998), by Caroline S. Wagner (HTML and PDF with commentary at rand.org)

• A Comprehensive View of our Country and Its Resources (1876), by James D. McCabe (page images at MOA)

• River Basin Surveys Papers (partial serial archives)
• Prehistoric Pottery of the Eastern United States (looseleaf series from the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 1950s), ed. by James B. Griffin (page images at HathiTrust)

• Tax Expenditures: The Hidden Entitlements (second edition; Washington: Citizens for Tax Justice, 1996), by Robert S. McIntyre (HTML and PDF at ctj.org)
• Financing of Aswan High Dam in Egypt: Hearing Before the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session. January 26, 1956 (Washington: GPO, 1956), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations (page images at HathiTrust)

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