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Holder: Email Searches Need a Warrant

OUT WITH THE OLD

Supports updating outdated privacy law.

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A.G. Holder on Capitol Hill on May 15. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

During a grilling by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee over the suddenly-long list of controversies surrounding the Obama administration, Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed that he supports requiring that the government and law enforcement obtain a warrant to access emails, Facebook messages, and other private Internet correspondence.

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