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U.S. to Allow Foreigners to Serve Warrants on U.S. Internet Firms

Posted on July 16, 2016June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Devlin Barrett and Jay Greene report:

The Obama administration is working on a series of agreements with foreign governments that would allow them for the first time to serve U.S. technology companies with warrants for email searches and wiretaps—a move that is already stirring debates over privacy, security, crime and terrorism.

Brad Wiegmann, a senior official at the Justice Department, discussed the administration’s efforts during a public forum on Friday at a congressional office building in Washington, D.C. The first such agreement is being assembled with the U.K., he said.

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