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From 308 U.S. 338 - Nardone v. United States · 1939Most cited · 4,001 citing opinions
the facts improperly obtained do not 'become sacred and inaccessible. If knowledge of them is gained from an independent source they may be proved like any others, but the knowledge gained by the Government's own wrong cannot be used by it' simply because it is used derivatively.