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Congress about the use of military intelligence against civilians, worked for the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, as well as the Senate Committee on Government Oversight. He is the author of several books and Congressional
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843:. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-second Congress, First Session on Federal Data Banks, Computers and the Bill of Rights. Washington, DC: US GPO. p. 2164
1029:. Subcommittee on Intelligence and the Rights of Americans of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session. Washington, DC: US GPO. p. 315
996:. Subcommittee on Intelligence and the Rights of Americans of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session. Washington, DC: US GPO. p. 315
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819:"Four faculty members retire | Mount Holyoke College"
639:"Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid, of Spying by U.S. Army" (2003)
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Army Surveillance of Civilians: A Documentary Analysis
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The Defense Department's Polygraph Regulations of 1982
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Protecting Our Civil Liberties: The Core of Democracy
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642:"The Intelligence Revolution" (2013)
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1057:Extradition Act of 1981: Hearing
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1317:"The Intelligence Revolution"
636:"How to Brief a Case" (1982)
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493:The Constitution under Siege
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626:Political Science Quarterly
474:(Potomac Books Inc. (2008)
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