6.095/STS095: Selected items on Digital Telephony Act
The Digital Telephony Bill was passed in October, 1994, after intense
lobbying of Congress by the FBI. It's instructive to read these, to
gain insight into the political process.
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May 30, 1994, US News and World Report, "The Freeh Lobby"
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August 9, 1994, Jacking in from the "Cancer Among Us" Port (Brock
Meeks)
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August 9, 1994, "Group Seeks Release of FBI Wiretap Data"
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August 9, 1994, EFF Statement on Leahy/Edwards Digital Telephony
Bill
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August 10, 1994, EFF Summary of Leahy/Edwards Digital Telephony
Bill
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August 12, 1994, Digital Telephony is not the endpoint (Brock Meeks)
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August 16, 1994, Suddenly popular telephony bill (Stanton
McCandlish)
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August 23, 1994, EFF was snookered (John Taber)
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September 13, 1994, Jacking in from the "Riding A Straw Horse" Port
(Brock Meeks)
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September 13, 1994, Letter from EPIC to Congressman Jack Brooks
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September 13, 1994, Testimony of Jerry Berman before the House
Telecommunications Subcommittee
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September 14, 1994, House Telecommunications Subcommittee considers
Digital Telephony proposal
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September 26, 1994, ACLU Opposes FBI Wiretap Access Bill
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September 26, 1994, FBI Asks 5-Year Delay on Wiretap Data
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October 3, 1994, Judge rejects delay on FBI wiretap data
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October 8, 1994, New York Times
"Clinton Gets a Wiretapping Bill That Covers New Technologies"
(Sabra Chartrand)
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October 8, 1994, EFF Statement on and Analysis of Digital Telephony
Act
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October 10, 1994, Digital Telephony and encryption
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October 13,
1994, Rep. Sawyer's position paper on Digital Telephony Bill
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October 13,
1994, FBI "proof" one-page summary
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October 14, 1994,
Wiretapping and the Digital Telephony Bill: Past and Present, by
Natalya Cohen. This is a term paper written for
this class in fall 1994.
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April 5,
1995, EPIC opposes national wiretap plan
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November 2, 1995,
FBI Wants to Wiretap One of Every 100 Phones in Urban Areas,
Associated Press (Matt Yancey)
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November 3, 1995,
F.B.I. Isn't Trying to Increase Wiretaps
NY Times, Letter to the Editor from FBI Director Louis Freeh
Hal Abelson (hal@mit.edu)
Mike Fischer (mfischer@mit.edu)
Joanne Costello (joanne@mit.edu)
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