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* TELECOMMUNICATION LAWS #1 *
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* Written by - THE ANARCHIST *
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* Edited and Uploaded By Axis Assasin *
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WIRETAPPING, ELECTRONIC EAVESDROPPING, AND THE USE OF SECRET AGENTS.........
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I. THE OLMSTEAD CASE
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IN OLMSTEAD VS. U.S., 277US438 (1928), THE POLICE INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS
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BY PLACING A TAP ON DEFENDENT'S TELEPHONE LINE. IN A 5-4 DECISION,THE MAJORITY
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READ THE 4TH AMENDMENT LITERALLY, CONCLUDING THAT THE POLICE CONDUCT DID NOT
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CONSTITUTE A SEARCH AND SEIZURE. TWO REASONS WERE GIVEN: (1) AT NO TIME DID
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THE POLICE TRESPASS UPON THE DEFENDANT'S PROPERTY,SO NO "PLACE" WAS SEARCHED;
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AND (2) ONLY CONVERSATIONS WERE OBTAINED, SO NO "THINGS" WERE SEIZED.
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II. SECTION 605
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CONGRESS LATER ENACTED THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS ACTE OF 1934, WHICH PROVIDED
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IN SECTION 605: "[N]O PERSON NOT BEING AUTHORIZED BY THE SENDER SHALL
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INTERCEPT ANY COMMUNICATIONS AND DIVULGE OR PUBLISH THE EXISTANCE, CONTENTS,
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SUBSTANCE, OR MEANING OF SUCH CONVERSATION TO ANY PERSON." ON THE BASIS OF THIS
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LANGUAGE, IT WAS HELD THAT A PERSON WITH STANDING, I.E., A PARTY TO THE
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CONVERSATION, GOLDSTEIN VS. US, 316 US 114 (1942), COULD SUPPRESS IN A FEDERAL
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PROSECUTION EVIDENCE OBTAINED BY STATE OR FEDERAL OFFICERS, NARDONE VS. US,
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302 US 379 (1937), BY WIRETAPPING INTERSTATE OR INTRASTATE COMMUNICATIONS,
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WEISS VS US, 308 US 321 (1939), UNLESS DONE WITH THE CONSENT OF ONE OF THE
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PARTIES TO THE CONVERSATION. RATHBUN VS US, 355 US 107 (1957) THE RULING THAT
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WIRETAP EVIDENCE GATHE RED BY STATE OFFICIALS WAS ADMISSABLE IN STATE
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PROSECUTION,SCHWARTZ VS TEXAS 344 US 199 (1952), WAS FINALLY OVERRULED IN LEE
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VS FLA. 392 US 378 (1957) WHERE THE COURT EMPHASIZED THE CONSTITUTIONAL
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EXTENTION OF THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE IN MAPP VS OHIO, 367 US 643 (1961), AND THE
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LACK OF OTHER EFFECTIVE SANCTIONS FOR SECT. 605. LEE WAS DECIDED JUST TWO
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DAYS BEFORE THE CRIME CONTROL ACT (LATER ISSUE OF TELECOMMUNICATION LAWS)
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SUPERCEDED THE WIRETAPPING PROHIBITION OF SECT. 605.
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