EFF "Surveillance: Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act(CALEA) & Digital Telephony Wiretapping - 1997-8" Archive

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HTML/19980717_joint_calea.html

EFF, CDT, ACLU, EPIC, et al., letter warning legislators of the dangers inherent in a new FBI wiretapping proposal being considered as an amendment to CJS appropriations bill (S.2260; no House bill number as of this writing.) The amendment seeks to prevent public oversight and input, and to greatly extend police wiretapping powers in very threatening ways, above and beyond the original Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). (July 17, 1998; HTML version.)

19980717_joint_calea.letter

EFF, CDT, ACLU, EPIC, et al., letter warning legislators of the dangers inherent in a new FBI wiretapping proposal being considered as an amendment to CJS appropriations bill (S.2260; no House bill number as of this writing.) The amendment seeks to prevent public oversight and input, and to greatly extend police wiretapping powers in very threatening ways, above and beyond the original Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). (July 17, 1998; plain text version.)

19980520_eff-aclu-epic_calea_fcc_comments.html

EFF, ACLU and EPIC comments to the FCC on the matter of the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA, a.k.a the Digital Telephony wiretapping law). This filing ask the FCC to reject the FBI's petition for new extensive surveillance powers, to delay implementation of the act, and to make sure that any eventual implementation sticks to the letter of the powers the law grants the FBI, no more, and that the result protect citizens' privacy interests. (HTML version.)

19980520_eff-aclu-epic_calea.comments

EFF, ACLU and EPIC comments to the FCC on the matter of the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA, a.k.a the Digital Telephony wiretapping law). This filing ask the FCC to reject the FBI's petition for new extensive surveillance powers, to delay implementation of the act, and to make sure that any eventual implementation sticks to the letter of the powers the law grants the FBI, no more, and that the result protect citizens' privacy interests. (ASCII text version.)

19980310_freeh_allen_sen_cjs_app.testimony

FBI Dir., Louis Freeh, and president of Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Ernest Allen, testifying before the Commerce, Justice and State Dept. Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, at a hearing on FBI efforts to catch child pornographers and molestors who use the Internet. Freeh reveals that FBI agents are paid to pretend to be 13-year-old girls in online chat rooms, and attacks online anonymity and privacy, saying that while the FBI should be able to hide its agents' identities while they pretend to be naughty pubescents, the rest of the world should be identifiable to law enforcement agents automatically. Freeh suggests mandating (or possibly allowing for voluntary implementation of) Internet Service Providers call-tracking all of their users, including with Caller-ID and permanent logging, so that police can immediately ID a suspect. Nevermind warrants or anything like due process. Yet another attempt by the FBI to wrangle new surveillance powers over the new medium. (Mar. 10, 1998)

19980305_eff-cdt-epic_calea.letter

EFF, CDT and EPIC letter to the Justice Dept. criticizing the secrecy of CALEA implementation "compromise" meetings with the telecom industry.

19980304_eff_aclu_acl_prs.html

A press release from The ACLU, EFF and EPIC welcoming the Americans for Computer Privacy, an industry group, into the debate on encryption policy.

hr3321_calea_amend_19980304_bill.html

H.R. 3321, CALEA Implementation Amendments of 1998 Bill, as introduced in House (Mar. 4, 1998). Died in committee, 1998.

19980303_freeh_aprop_stat.html

A (somewhat edited) test of a speech by Louis Freeh, head of the FBI, justifying andrequesting money for CALEA.

199802_eff-epic-aclu_calea_surreply_fcc_comments.html

EFF/EPIC/ACLU Surreply Comments to FCC Re: CALEA (Feb. 1998)

19980212_eff-aclu-epic-cpsr.letter

EFF, ACLU, EPIC and CPSR letter to Congress urging that the CALEA (digital telephony wiretap law) be indefinitely suspended and the entire issue re-examined. (Feb. 12, 1998)

19971212_eff-aclu-epic.filing

EFF, ACLU and EPIC filing with the FCC, opposing FBI digital surveillance "wish list". (Dec. 12, 1997)

19971212_eff-cdt-cpsr.filing

EFF, CDT and CPSR filing with the FCC, opposing FBI digital surveillance "wish list". (Dec. 12, 1997)

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