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23 Civil Society Groups Including Restore The Fourth Request Meeting with FBI Director Kash Patel on Surveillance Reform, Transparency

This week Restore The Fourth joined a set of 23 civil society organizations from across the political spectrum urging FBI Director Kash Patel to meet with us to discuss surveillance reform and transparency. The groups urged Director Patel to: Read the letter below. **A previous version of this letter contained an inaccurate list of signatories. […]

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Parallel Construction and the GSRA

What is parallel construction? In criminal cases, prosecutors share evidence with defense attorneys in a process called “discovery.” The defense may launch challenges against evidence that was gathered in contravention of Fourth Amendment protections. This evidence would be suppressed from the case under the “exclusionary rule.” This process is a fundamental safeguard key to any […]