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Yes it is a federal crime, but was recently limited by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Buren_v._United_States

The CFAA includes this. I am not sure it's possible for US government actors to violate the CFAA unless they're violating some other law also. It seems very unlikely Congress intended to make T&Cs binding on law enforcement or intelligence investigations.

"This section does not prohibit any lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State, or of an intelligence agency of the United States."

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030#

This is correct, although most US States have their own version of CFAA which aren't so limited and don't include any exceptions or exemptions, either.

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