Resolution resolved: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance. Violations

Surveillance includes criminal investigation

Feinberg 93 OPINION BY: FEINBERG, Circuit Judge: In Re: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Petitioner; IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF THE UNITED STATES FOR AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE INTERCEPTION OF WIRE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. . . Docket No. 93-3074 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT 10 F.3d 931; 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 31014

November 23, 1993, Decided lexis

Second, petitioner has no alternative remedies capable of effectively protecting its substantial interests. Electronic surveillance involves major criminal investigations and requires a significant expenditure of government resources. Petitioner thus has a strong interest in ensuring the admissibility of evidence it gathers by electronic surveillance. Suppression on the ground that surveillance was authorized by an invalid Title III order would result in a significant waste of government resources. Furthermore, the government as parens patriae has an interest in avoiding illegal invasions of its citizens' privacy.