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Senator Patrick Leahy and the ECPA Privacy Amendment That Proposed Only a Subpeona, With a Warrant Not Required, to Search Private Email

Update: We have just learned that Senator Leahy has withdrawn his support for the amendments to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). He received resounding criticism from many groups and private citizens who felt that the revisions are unconstitutional and a gross invasion of privacy. In a series of tweets, below, Senator Leahy said that he did not support the bill amendments, and seems to deny that he ever did.