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Federal Agent Owens Had Conducted a 2-Year Investigation of a Store

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Federal Agent Owens had conducted a 2-year investigation of a store run by Paul that was believed to be involved in money laundering for an organized crime operation. Agent Owens obtained a court order for Paul's phone records and discovered that he frequently called Ron's cell phone. Ron's personal bank records showed that Paul's store transferred $100,000 to his account by wire on the first of each month. Agent Owens has filed an application for a Wiretap Act warrant to monitor Paul's store phone. Agent Owens applied for a court order mandating that Ron's cell phone company to provide him with all of Ron's text messages for the last year. The request should be:


A) granted if he filed it under the procedures outlined in the Wiretap Act.
B) granted if he filed it under the procedures outlines in the Stored Communications Act.
C) denied because federal judges do not have the authority to grant orders for stored text messages.
D) denied if Agent Owens did not file a form indicating that the cell phone company is willing to comply with the order.

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