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Article: Electronic Communication Intercepts, Legal Issues
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- Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, andSecurity
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Electronic Communication Intercepts, Legal Issues
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MICHAEL J. O'NEAL
The legal issues surrounding the interception of electronic communications are many and varied, primarily because they arise in different contexts: criminal investigations, corporate espionage, employer-employee relationships, and the intelligence activities of the federal government conducted against foreign countries. In recent years, two primary issues have arisen. One, rapid changes in technology can sometimes outpace legislation designed to protect United States citizens from unwarranted electronic intercepts. Two, in response to the threat of terrorism against the United States, the federal ...