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FISA

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Noun1.FISA - an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
legislative act, statute - an act passed by a legislative body


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In 1978, Congress passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, permitting the government to conduct electronic surveillance on citizens in the United States if it first gets a warrant from the FISA court, which exists for that reason only.
A conservative for impeachment by Gilmore, Brian / The Progressive
The Justice Department can get warrants from a special court called the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) Court, a 10-judge panel established in 1978 expressly for that purpose.
Expanding surveillance authority: the surveillance power demanded by ... by Jasper, William F. / The New American
He has never explained to Congress why FISA could not have been amended to accommodate any unforeseen evasive tactics by al Qaeda in lieu of simply disregarding the law.
Restrain this White House by Fein, Bruce / Washington Monthly
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