The Hill: It’s time for Congress to update the law governing digital surveillance

The Hill: It’s time for Congress to update the law governing digital surveillance by Jonathon Hausenschild:

Laws governing emails and other electronic communications in the United States are seriously outdated. As applied today, those laws can lead to seemingly opposite, illogical conclusions.

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The federal government both has too broad access to highly personal information and may not have access to information it needs during a lawful investigation.