COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1667

A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE, WITH RESPECT TO
THE INTERCEPTION OF CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS, OTHER FORMS
OF SURVEILLANCE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1985

Serial No. J-99-72

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CONTENTS

STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Mathias, Hon. Charles McC., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland,

chairman, Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks......

Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont......................
PROPOSED LEGISLATION

S. 1667, a bill to amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the

interception of certain communications, other forms of surveillance, and for

other purposes......

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Kastenmeier, Hon. Robert W., a U.S. Representative in Congress from the

State of Wisconsin; and Hon. Carlos J. Moorhead, a U.S. Representative in

Congress from the State of California.......

Knapp, James, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S.

Department of Justice, accompanied by Harry Myers, associate chief coun-

sel, Drug Enforcement Administration; and Frederick Hess, Director, Office

of Enforcement Operations, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice...

Walker, Philip M., vice chairman, Electronic Mail Association, Washington,

DC; P. Michael Nugent, chairman, Committee on Computer Systems and

Communications Privacy, Association of Data Processing Service Organiza-

tions, Arlington, VA; and John Stanton, chairman, Telocator Network of

America, Washington, DC....

Berman, Jerry J., chief legislative counsel, American Civil Liberties Union,

Washington, DC, and Lynn W. Ellis, chairman, Committee on Communica-

tions and Information Policy, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engi-

neers, Washington, DC, accompanied by P. Howard Patrick................................

ALPHABETICAL LIST AND MATERIAL SUBMITTED

Proposed changes in wording of S. 1667 and reasons for changing..

Hess, Frederick:

Testimony

"Prosecutive Results Obtained in Investigations Utilizing Electronic Sur-

veillance (Wiretaps)," survey prepared by: Office of Enforcement Oper-

ations, Criminal Division, Department of Justice, April 25, 1986..........................................

Kastenmeier, Hon. Robert W.:

Testimony

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Prepared statement

Knapp, James:

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Testimony

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Prepared statement

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Mathias, Hon. Charles McC., Jr.: "Electronic Surveillance and Civil Liber-