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A History of Wiretapping in the United States
  • Brian Hochman
2022
Harvard University Press

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Featured Excerpts

  • Person making call in telephone booth.
    Book Review

    The Making of the Surveillance State

    The public widely opposed wiretapping until the 1970s. What changed?
    by Andrew Lanham via The New Republic
    This publication restricts nonsubscriber access to some or all of its articles.
    on April 21, 2022
  • National Security Agency headquarters.
    Q&A

    A Brief History of Surveillance in America

    With wiretapping in the headlines and smart speakers in millions of homes, a look back to the early days of eavesdropping.
    by Brian Hochman, April White via Smithsonian Magazine on March 22, 2018
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