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1. A witness may waive the privilege against self-incrimination in two ways: voluntarily or unwittingly.
In order to have the 5th amendment protection against self-incrimination, a witness must affirmatively invoke the privilege. The 4th circuit court in United States v. Penrod held that the failure to invoke the privilege "forecloses him from invoking [it]." (FN1)

2. If an individual voluntarily provides general information that are incriminating, the individual can not invoke the privilege so as not to reveal more details. (FN2) The exception to this general rule is if it "would subject [the witness] to a 'real danger' of further incrimination. . . ." (FN3)

3. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that "[t]he ...

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