President Reagan signs the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, authorizing Federal agents to conduct “roving” wiretaps—that is to eavesdrop in on any telephone a suspect might use—provided they first obtain a court warrant.
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The Reagan Reverie (“Revolution?”) continues: Republican (fascist/socialist) President Reagan signs the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act, raising the national debt limit from 2,111,000,000,000 to 2,300,000,000,000 “dollars.”
NOTE: So much for conservative Republicans!
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Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface
References:
Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act, 100 Public Statutes at Large 1934, 1968 (1986). [added
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/105193.pdf
fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/105193.pdf
Table 7.3—Statutory Limits on Federal Debt: 1940–Current
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals
State Wiretaps and Electronic Surveillance after September 11 – State Wiretaps and Electronic Surveillance after September 11.pdf
repository.uclawsf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3523&context=hastings_law_journal
Electronic Communications Privacy Act – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Communications_Privacy_Act
Current U.s. National Debt:
