Section 605 of the Federal Communications Act organization
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Section 605 of the Federal Communications Act documented
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“In June 1934 Congress enacted Section 605 of the Federal Communications Act 47 U.S.C 605 which made it a crime for "any person to intercept and divulge or publish the contents of wire and radio communications…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.284
U.S. Supreme Court exposed
Section 605 of the Federal Communications Act documented
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“The Supreme Court construed this section in 1937 to apply to Federal agents and held that evidence obtained from the interception of wire and radio communications was inadmissible in court.…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.284