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usa patriot act

USA Patriot Act. A statute enacted in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, giving law-enforcement agencies broader authority to collect information on suspected terrorists, to share that information among domestic and foreign intelligence agencies, to make the country’s borders more secure, to detain suspects on new types of criminal charges using new […]

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covert entry search warrant

A warrant authorizing law-enforcement officers to clandestinely enter private premises in the absence of the owner or occupant without prior notice, and to search the premises and collect intangible evidence, esp. photographs and eyewitness information. • Although previously used in federal criminal investigations, these types of warrants were first given express statutory authority by the

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