Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - 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

FISA

legislative act, statute - an act passed by a legislative body

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Court F.I.S.C. Federal Judiciary FISA Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judicature legislative act statute tribunal			The legislation would permanently extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 so that the government can do warrantless electronic surveillance on Americans' overseas communications. Bill to extend FISA surveillance powers stalls in senate by The New American Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] "Improving Foreign Intelligence Surveillance to Defend the Nation and the Constitution Act of 2007" To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain electronic surveillance. Court cases and bills in the U.S. Congress by The Informed Constituent (Albany, NY) President Bush has flouted the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) for five years by directing the National Security Agency to target American citizens on American soil for electronic surveillance on his say-so alone. Restrain this White House by Fein, Bruce / Washington Monthly			Forehold Foreholding Forehook foreign foreign affairs foreign agent foreign aid foreign armed force foreign assistance Foreign attachment foreign bill foreign body foreign correspondent foreign country foreign currency foreign direct investment foreign disaster foreign disaster relief foreign draft foreign exchange foreign humanitarian assistance foreign instrumentation signals intelligence foreign intelligence Foreign Intelligence Service Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court foreign internal defense foreign legion foreign military sales foreign military sales trainees foreign minister foreign mission foreign nation support foreign national foreign object damage foreign office foreign policy foreign secretary Foreign Service foreign terrorist organization foreign-born foreign-exchange rate foreigner Foreigners foreignism Foreignness Forein forejudge Forejudger Forejudgment			foreign humanitarian assistance foreign humanitarian assistance Foreign Import and Export foreign inclusion Foreign Income Foreign Income Dividend Foreign Incomes Foreign Independent Traveler Foreign Indirect Investment foreign influx Foreign Institutional Investor Foreign instrumentation signals intelligence Foreign instrumentation signals intelligence Foreign Instrumentation System foreign intelligence foreign intelligence Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board Foreign Intelligence and Security Services Foreign Intelligence Assistance Program Foreign Intelligence Defense Foreign Intelligence Information Foreign Intelligence Office/Officer Foreign Intelligence Priorities Committee Foreign Intelligence Service Foreign Intelligence Service Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia) Foreign Intelligence Special Security Office Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review Foreign Interaction Training Academy foreign internal defense foreign internal defense foreign internal defense augmentation force Foreign Internal Defense Aviation Group Foreign Internal Defense Plan Foreign International Sales Company Foreign International Switching Center Foreign Invested Commercial Enterprise Foreign Invested Venture Capital Enterprise Foreign investment Foreign investment Foreign Investment Activities Foreign Investment Advisory Council Foreign Investment Advisory Service Foreign Investment and Foreign Trade Agency Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 Foreign Investment and Technology Transfer Act of 1992 Foreign Investment and Trade Promotion Office Foreign Investment Companies Limited by Shares Foreign Investment Company Limited by Shares Foreign Investment Enterprise Foreign Investment Fund Foreign Investment Implementation Authority

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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (redirected from Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978)

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
(redirected from Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978)