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Generally law enforcement officials do not need a warrant to read e-mail messages that are more than 180 days old.
The software giant is suing the Justice Department, challenging its frequent use of secrecy orders that prevent Microsoft from telling people when the government obtains a warrant to read their emails.
At the F.B.I., the Clinton investigative team was reassembled, and the Justice Department obtained a warrant to read emails to or from Mrs. Clinton during her time at the State Department.
Mr. Salgado, who previously worked in the Justice Department, pushed for reform of surveillance laws like the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which does not require a warrant to read e-mail more than 180 days old, giving it less protection than letters in a file cabinet.
Could law enforcement get a warrant to read your thoughts?
ECPA said that if an email was unopened and fewer than 180 days old, law enforcement would need to get a warrant to read it on a server.
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British laws in 1711 and 1837 empowered the government to issue warrants to read mail.
Of course, judges could issue warrants to read letters, just as they could allow law officials to enter a house.
It was later revealed that the Doj had obtained search warrants to read Fox News reporter James Rosen's emails, going so far as to label him a "co-conspirator" in the case.
Government agencies may not need any warrant at all to read some of your emails.
Meanwhile, at the back window, another person was banging on the window and holding up a search warrant for Lennon to read.
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