Exam 9: Investigative Tools

Compare the protection granted conversations using cordless versus cellular telephones.

What has been a problem with the provisions of Title III?

How did the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 expand the scope of the ECPA?

How was Al Capone ultimately convicted?

What are the trends in the types of offenses for which electronic surveillance is used?

How did the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 change the authority to engage in electronic surveillance?

Compare the protection granted to police officers versus private citizens who eavesdrop unlawfully but who act in "good faith" that their actions were legal?

What are the differences among the three types of financial analyses?

Why is electronic surveillance so costly?

How are federal organized crime cases developed and prosecuted?

Can pagers be intercepted lawfully?

What is "cloning" of cellular phones, and why is it an organized crime problem?

How do the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act provisions for wiretapping differ from Title III-and how was it changed by the USA PATRIOT Act?

Why have there been so many organized crime figures in recent years that have agreed to become government informants?

Why are there not more noncriminal informants?

Why is determining probable cause in organized crime cases often difficult?

What is the Keystroke Logger System KLS?

What are the possible reasons for the simultaneous increase in the number of intercepted conversations by electronic surveillance, while the proportion of those conversations that are incriminating has dropped to only 19 percent of all conversations intercepted?

What does the Electronic Communications Privacy Act( ECPA) accomplish?

Is electronic surveillance permitted by state law enforcement agencies?