Sec. 2511. Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or
electronic communications prohibited
(1) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter
any person who -
(a) intentionally intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or
procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept,
any wire, oral, or electronic communication;
(b) intentionally uses, endeavors to use, or procures
any other person to use or endeavor to use any electronic,
mechanical, or other device to intercept any oral communication
when -
(i) such device is affixed to, or otherwise
transmits a signal through, a wire, cable, or other like
connection used in wire communication; or
(ii) such device transmits communications by
radio, or interferes with the transmission of such communication;
or
(iii) such person knows, or has reason to know,
that such device or any component thereof has been sent through
the mail or transported in interstate or foreign commerce; or
(iv) such use or endeavor to use (A) takes place
on the premises of any business or other commercial establishment
the operations of which affect interstate or foreign commerce;
or (B) obtains or is for the purpose of obtaining information
relating to the operations of any business or other commercial
establishment the operations of which affect interstate or
foreign commerce; or
(v) such person acts in the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession
of the United States;
(c) intentionally discloses, or endeavors to
disclose, to any other person the contents of any wire, oral, or
electronic communication, knowing or having reason to know that
the information was obtained through the interception of a wire,
oral, or electronic communication in violation of this
subsection;
(d) intentionally uses, or endeavors to use, the
contents of any wire, oral, or electronic communication, knowing
or having reason to know that the information was obtained
through the interception of a wire, oral, or electronic
communication in violation of this subsection; or
(e) (i) intentionally discloses, or endeavors to disclose,
to any other person the contents of any wire, oral, or electronic
communication, intercepted by means authorized by sections
2511(2)(A)(ii), 2511(b)-(c), 2511(e), 2516, and 2518 of this
subchapter, (ii) knowing or having reason to know that the
information was obtained through the interception of such a
communication in connection with a criminal investigation, (iii)
having obtained or received the information in connection with a
criminal investigation, and (iv) with intent to improperly
obstruct, impede, or interfere with a duly authorized criminal
investigation,
shall be punished as provided in subsection (4) or shall be
subject to suit as provided in subsection (5).
