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Campagnuolo, supra. Contrary to petitioners' position,
the introduction of the intercepted communications in
these cases appears to be specifically approved by 18
U.S.C. section 2517(3), which states as follows:
Any person who has received, by any means
authorized by this chapter any information
concerning a wire, oral, or electronic
communication, or evidence derived therefrom
intercepted in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter may disclose the contents of
that communication or such derivative evidence
while giving testimony under oath or affirmation
in any proceeding held under the authority of
the United States or of any State or political
subdivision thereof.
Second, even assuming, ad arguendo, that disclosure
of the intercepted communications in these cases, without
first obtaining judicial approval, would constitute a
violation of 18 U.S.C. section 2517(5), we do not agree
that suppression of the communications would be required
under 18 U.S.C. section 2515. That provision is intended
to be read in light of 18 U.S.C. section 2518(10)(a), which
defines the class of persons entitled to make a motion to
suppress and enumerates the circumstances that trigger
suppression under section 2515. S. Rept. 1097, supra,
reprinted in 1968 U.S.C.C.A.N. 2185. Title 18 section
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