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Use or Disclosure of E-mails Hacked by a Foreign Adversary

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Neither the Wiretap Act nor the Stored Communications Act prohibits federal law enforcement officers from using or disclosing e-mails that were originally acquired by a foreign adversary’s unlawful hacking into electronic storage in the United States and later obtained by the federal government through authorized foreign-intelligence activities.

Updated January 17, 2025