Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xvii, [1], 747, [1] p. Illustrations.

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xvii, [1], 747, [1] p. Illustrations. Bibliography of Books and Articles on Wiretapping and Cryptography. Index. Foreword by the Honorable John Anderson. From Wikipedia: "Bruce Schneier (born January 15, 1963) is an American cryptographer, computer security and privacy specialist, and writer. He is the author of several books on general security topics, computer security and cryptography. Schneier is a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, He is also a contributing writer for The Guardian news organization." The Privacy Papers addresses United States Federal politics, and only the areas of wiretapping and cryptography. The topics covered are wiretapping and the Digital Telephony proposals, the Clipper Chip, and other controls on cryptography (such as export controls and software key escrow proposals). The documents included are broad overviews of the issues, some of them written just for this volume. There are documents from government bodies. There are documents (some with backed out portions) which tell the story of what happened behind the scenes.