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A Proposed Electronic Surveillance Control Act, G. Robert Blakey, James A. Hancock

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The purpose of this article is not to enter into the still active debate on the propriety of electronic surveillance, nor is it to reexamine the policy arguments for and against court order electronic surveillance legislation. Debate needs to be brought down to specifics. Mr. Justice Holmes had a favorite admonition, "[T]hink things instead of words." It is our purpose, therefore, to give to that debate a concrete proposal." Our proposal is a statute that is intended to serve as a starting point for meaningful dialogue; it is not meant to be the final word in the debate.