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.
- “The Freeh Lobby.” U.S. News and World Report, May 30, 1994.
- Meeks, Brock. “Jacking in from the ‘Cancer Among Us’ Port.” CyberWire Dispatch. August 9, 1994.
- Electronic Privacy Information Center. “Group Seeks Release of FBI Wiretap Data, Calls Proposed Surveillance Legislation Unnecessary.” Press Release, August 9, 1994.
- McCandlish, Stanton. “EFF Statement on Leahy/Edwards Digital Telephony Bill.” August 9, 1994.
- ———. “EFF Summary of Leahy/Edwards Digital Telephony Bill.” August 10, 1994.
- Meeks, Brock N. “Digital Telephony is not the endpoint.” CyberWire Dispatch. August 12, 1994.
- McCandlish, Stanton. “Suddenly popular telephony bill.” August 16, 1994.
- Taber, John. “EFF was snookered.” August 23, 1994.
- Meeks, Brock. “Jacking in from the ‘Riding A Straw Horse’.” September 13, 1994.
- “Letter from EPIC to Congressman Jack Brooks.” September 13, 1994.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation. “Testimony of Jerry Berman before the House Telecommunications Subcommittee.” September 13, 1994.
- “House Telecommunications Subcommittee considers Digital Telephony proposal.” Eff Hearing Summary, September 14, 1994.
- ACLU Information. “ACLU Opposes FBI Wiretap Access Bill.” September 26, 1994.
- Epic alert. “FBI Asks 5-Year Delay on Wiretap Data.” 26 September 26, 1994.
- “Judge rejects delay on FBI wiretap data.” Press Release, October 3, 1994.
- Chartrand, Sabra. “Clinton Gets a Wiretapping Bill That Covers New Technologies.” New York Times, October 8, 1994.
- “EFF Statement on and Analysis of Digital Telephony Act.” Washington DC, October 8, 1994.
- Chaos, David. “Digital Telephony and Encryption.” October 10, 1994.
- Sawyer, Tom, Rep. “Position paper on Digital Telephony Bill.” October 7, 1994.
- “FBI ‘proof’ one-page summary.” October 13, 1994.
- Rotenberg, Marc. “EPIC opposes national wiretap plan.” Press Release, April 5, 1995. (Marc Rotenberg is the Director of EPIC.)
- Yancey, Matt. “FBI Wants to Wiretap One of Every 100 Phones in Urban Areas.” Associated Press. November 2, 1995.
- Freeh, Louis. “F.B.I. Isn’t Trying to Increase Wiretaps.” New York Times , November 3, 1995. (Louis Freeh is the FBI Director.)
