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Is wiretapping or electronic surveillance permitted under the Constitution?
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∙ 13y ago
while the constitution does not give the government power to do so, congress passed the patriot act in the 1970's authorizing government agencies to wiretap and use other forms of electronic surveillance to help fulfill the charge of the United States Government to "provide for the common defense" in the preamble to the constitution
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nessasary and proper
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