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Federal Prosecutors, In A Policy Shift, Cite Warrantless Wiretaps As Evidence

Federal Prosecutors, In A Policy Shift, Cite Warrantless Wiretaps As Evidence
Braden Goyette
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Senior Editor, The Huffington Post

Solicitor General Donald Verrilli speaks during a forum at the Georgetown University Law Center, Friday, March 9, 2012, in Washington. In 16 appearances before the Supreme Court, Verrilli has advocated for the rights of death row inmates and has successfully argued fine points of telecommunications law in cases with billions of dollars in the balance. Now as the Obama administration?s solicitor general, Verrilli faces what for any lawyer would be the challenge of a lifetime: persuading at least five Supreme Court justices to uphold the president?s overhaul of the nation?s health care system. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Solicitor General Donald Verrilli speaks during a forum at the Georgetown University Law Center, Friday, March 9, 2012, in Washington. In 16 appearances before the Supreme Court, Verrilli has advocated for the rights of death row inmates and has successfully argued fine points of telecommunications law in cases with billions of dollars in the balance. Now as the Obama administration?s solicitor general, Verrilli faces what for any lawyer would be the challenge of a lifetime: persuading at least five Supreme Court justices to uphold the president?s overhaul of the nation?s health care system. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

The Justice Department for the first time has notified a criminal defendant that evidence being used against him came from a warrantless wiretap, a move that is expected to set up a Supreme Court test of whether such eavesdropping is constitutional.

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