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CRS Report: Primer on Federal Wiretapping Law

CRS Report of the Month
# 98-326

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has a new report entitled Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping.  It is a great primer for those interested in the issue.  You can get this and many other CRS reports via Open CRS, a service run by CDT to help distribute the non-confidential CRS products.

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