Deck 5: Laws Governing Police Surveillance

Question 1

The following Bush Administration policy sparked controversy and led to the revision of FISA:

A) Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
B) Mission Accomplished
C) Terrorist Surveillance Program
D) Hoffa Doctrine

Answer 1

C

Question 2

A pen register is used to:

A) track e-mail messages
B) identify the source and destination of phone calls
C) intercept phone calls
D) none of the above

Answer 2

B

Question 3

All of the following are procedural requirements for a wiretap order except for:

A) proof that traditional investigative techniques have been tried and failed
B) limits the duration of a wiretap to fifteen days
C) approval from a high-ranking official within the Justice Department
D) probable cause for a serious crime such as espionage, kidnapping, or murder

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In which of the following situations is a search warrant required?

A) To use a telescope to peer through the suspect's widow and view marijuana plants growing inside his home while standing in an open field.
B) To fly a helicopter over the suspect's backyard, which is shielded from ground-level view by a high fence, and take pictures of his marijuana garden.
C) To aim a thermal-imaging device at a suspect's home from a vantage point outside the curtilage to detect heat distribution patterns inside the home.
D) All of them.

Question 5

The Wiretap Act protects the following type of communications:

A) oral communications that are uttered with the expectation of privacy under circumstances justifying that expectation
B) tone only paging devices
C) overhearing cell phone conversations conducted in public
D) all of the above

Question 6

After Katz v. United States, the Fourth Amendment has been understood to protect people, not places.

Question 7

In which of the following situations is a search warrant necessary?

A) To attach a tracking device to the undercarriage of the suspect's car vehicle while it is parked on a public street and use the device to track the suspect's public comings and goings.
B) To videotape a drug deal in a suspect's home by equipping an informer with a concealed video camera.
C) To walk a drug-detection dog down a motel corridor and perform a sniff at every door.
D) None of the above.

Question 8

Video surveillance that produces a soundtrack requires:

A) compliance with the Fourth Amendment
B) compliance with FISA
C) compliance with the Wiretap Act
D) both a & c

Question 9

Police may use thermal image devices to search for marijuana growing operations in private homes without a warrant.

Question 10

Even if an officer is lawfully present, things detected with the officer's natural senses are still considered a search.

Question 11

Stored e-mail, voice mail, and text messages are covered under the:

A) Wiretap Act
B) Mann Act
C) Electronic Communications Privacy Act
D) none of the above

Question 12

In this decision, the Supreme Court overruled Olmstead v. United States:

A) Terry v. Ohio
B) Payton v. United States
C) Hoffa v. United States
D) Katz v. United States

Question 13

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) establishes statutory guidelines to conduct electronic surveillance:

A) of U.S. citizens outside the United States for the purposes of gathering foreign intelligence
B) inside the United States for the purposes of gathering foreign intelligence
C) of foreign powers operating outside the United States
D) both a & b

Question 14

A wiretap order is a specialized form of a:

A) search warrant
B) arrest warrant
C) Terry stop
D) none of the above

Question 15

In Olmstead v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that wiretapping was considered a search.

Question 16

In United States v. Place, the Supreme Court ruled that suspects have no legitimate expectation of privacy in contraband and have no right to object to the use of devices that expose only its presence.

Question 17

The Hoffa doctrine asserts the following:

A) a wiretap order is required in order to tap a phone line
B) police are not authorized to use x-ray equipment in all locations
C) people are not protected when they wrongly believe that voluntarily disclosed information will not be revealed
D) a warrant is needed for a "sniff test"