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Counterterrorism Patriot Act provision now widely used in criminal investigations

Counterterrorism Patriot Act provision now widely used in criminal investigations A provision contained within the post-9/11 PATRIOT Act that allows investigators the power to conduct so-called “sneak and peek” searches has been used extensively for purposes not pertaining to counterterrorism, a new report reveals. Instead, Mark Jaycox of the Electronic Frontier Foundation wrote recently, law enforcement agencies across the United States have for more than a decade been relying on Section 213 of the PATRIOT Act to conduct secret surveillance during the course of drug crime investigations. Jaycox, a legislative analyst for the California-based digital rights group, wrote this week… View Article