In the case of Olmstead v.United States the Court decided that the practice of wiretapping was not covered by the Fourth Amendment.Which of the following was among the reasons?

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The Court determined that wiretapping did not constitute a Fourth Amendment violation because it did not involve the seizure of tangible items, and therefore did not satisfy the definition of a "search and seizure." The Court also noted that the Fourth Amendment protects people, not places, and that the defendant did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the intercepted conversations. Lastly, at the time of the decision, the exclusionary rule did not exist as a remedy for alleged Fourth Amendment violations, which may have also influenced the Court's decision.

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