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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
From SourceWatch
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978 "prescribes procedures for requesting judicial authorization for electronic surveillance and physical search of persons engaged in espionage or international terrorism against the United States on behalf of a foreign power. ... requests are adjudicated by a special eleven member court called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court." [1]
SourceWatch Resources
- enemy combatant
- freedom of speech
- globalization
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Department of Homeland Security
- FBI
- Homeland Security
- Patriot Act I
- Patriot Act II
- Total Information Awareness
- VICTORY Act
- war on terror
External links
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, Federation of American Scientists.
- The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of the Statutory Framework and Recent Judicial Decisions, Updated September 22, 2004.
- Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004: “Lone Wolf” Amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, December 29, 2004.
- Ronald B. Standler, "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Unconstitutional or a Bad Idea?", (on Dr. Ronald B. Standler's website, August 26, 2007. (Pdf) (This is a review of the act, subsequent cases and the issues they raise).
