ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS ON H.R. 3378 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PRIVACY ACT SEPTEMBER 26, OCTOBER 24, 1985, JANUARY 30, AND MARCH 5, 1986 Serial No. 50 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary 58-844 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1986 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office JACK BROOKS, Texas COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY PETER W. RODINO, JR., New Jersey, Chairman ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts HARLEY O. STAGGERS, JR., West Virginia HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., BILL MCCOLLUM, Florida E. CLAY SHAW, JR., Florida WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER, California PATRICK L. SWINDALL, Georgia M. ELAINE MIELKE, General Counsel ALAN F. COFFEY, Jr., Associate Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Letter to Hon. William French Smith, Attorney General of the United States from Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senator, dated January 26, 1984 with enclosures... 11 APPENDIX Letter from Edward W. Hummers, Jr. to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier (May 12, 1986)... Letter from John R. Bolton, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Page 279 280 Letter from Jerry W. Cox, Counsel for Dynascan Corporation to Hon. Robert 282 Letter from Alexander B. Trowbridge, President, National Association of Letter from R.S. Willis, Vice President, Associated Credit Services, Inc. to 286 288 Letter from John R. Bolton, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Letter from Ward H. White, Vice President, United States Telephone Association to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier (April 14, 1986).. Letter from Michelle Meier, Consumers Union to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier (April 9, 1986). 289 292 294 Letter from Ted A. Heydinger, Vice President, Government Relations, 296 Letter from John W. Roach, President, Tandy Corporation to Hon. Robert W. 298 Letter from Travis Marshall, Senior Vice President, Motorola, Inc. to Hon. 298 Letter from L. Ralph Mecham, Director, Administrative Office of the United 301 Letter from John Spain, President, Radio-Television News Directors Association to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier (March 18, 1986).... 302 Letter from F.W. Gerbracht, Jr., Vice President, Chase Manhattan Bank to 305 Letter from Jerry J. Berman, Chief Legislative Counsel, ACLU to Hon. 307 Letter from William H. Dempsey, Presdent, Association of American Rail- 309 312 Letter from Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier to Hon. Edwin Messe III, Attorney Testimony of Richard L. Brown before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil 323 359 363 373 Statement of Richard L. Brown before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice on behalf of SPACE (January 30, 1986)... 392 Letter from Richard L. Brown to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier (January 28, 1986)...... 396 Letter from Michael Goldsmith, Associate Professor of Law, Brigham Young 400 405 Letter from Richard L. Brown, Counsel to the Satellite Television Industry 407 409 Memo from James S. Golden, Southwestern Bell Corporation to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice (October 31, 413 Letter from Hubert F. Owens, General Attorney, Bell South Corporation to the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice (October 22, 1985) Letter from Douglass J. McCollum, Attorney, C&P Telephone to the Subcom- Letter from Warren G. Austin, General Attorney, Northwestern Bell to the Page 425 428 430 432 Memo from Jerry J. Berman and Marc Rotenberg, ACLU, to Conferees and Letter from Martin T. McCue, Director of Government Relations, Centel 450 Letter from Jerry J. Berman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU to Hon. Robert W. 464 Memo from ACLU Project Staff to Conferees and Interested Persons (June, 1985)... 469 Letter from Lynn W. Ellis, Chairman, IEEE to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier (May 24, 1985) 481 Letter from Mary C. Lawton, Counsel for Intelligence Policy, U.S. Depart- Statement of Uniden Corporation of America before the House Subcommittee Comments of H.W. William Caming, Attorney and Consultant, upon "Elec- |