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On the recordOctober 11, 2001
The examples you have given are of people going to a library, who may not have a contractual relationship with the library but use the computer, who would be subjected to this warrantless search of their computer communications for an indefinite period of time.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Discussing privacy concerns related to warrantless searches of computer communications.

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