FISA
Federal surveillance statute
FISA is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a 1978 U.S. law establishing procedures for government surveillance of foreign intelligence targets.
The FISA court reviews warrant applications for wiretapping and electronic monitoring in national security cases.
FISA became controversial after revelations about warrantless surveillance programs: The NSA's data collection raised questions about FISA's limits.
Hidden listening device
- warrantFormal authorization document
- interceptSeize en route
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
electronic · foreign · intelligence · target · collection · phone · email · communications
One who decides
- secretConcealed information
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- applicationFormal request document
ruling · classified · proceeding · authorization · denial · review · judicial · oversight
Deed or performance
- amendmentChange to official text
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- CongressU.S. lawmaking body
- reauthorizationExtending expired legal authority
statute · law · provision · expire · sunset · extension · enactment · bipartisan
NSA contractor turned fugitive
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- privacyFreedom from observation
- civil-libertiesPersonal rights limiting government
- unconstitutionalViolating fundamental law
overreach · reform · scandal · disclosure · leak · criticism · warrantless · transparency
wiretap
Hidden listening device
- warrantFormal authorization document
- interceptSeize en route
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
eavesdropping · electronic · foreign · intelligence · target · collection · phone · email · communications · domestic
judge
One who decides
application · ruling · classified · proceeding · authorization · denial · review · judicial · oversight · petition
act
Deed or performance
reauthorization · statute · law · provision · expire · sunset · extension · enactment · bipartisan · controversy
Snowden
NSA contractor turned fugitive
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
- privacyFreedom from observation
- civil-libertiesPersonal rights limiting government
unconstitutional · overreach · reform · scandal · disclosure · leak · criticism · warrantless · transparency · accountability
- national securityCIA, FBI, NSA, Pentagon, DHS
- security lawssedition laws, secrecy laws, security clearances, mass surveillance
- Sports AcronymsFIFA, UEFA, IOC, AFC, ATP
- security lawnational security, counterterrorism, classified information, security clearance, state secrets
- surveillance lawwiretap, phone tap, electronic surveillance, eavesdropping, intercept
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
FISApublic trial
Court case with observers
open court · transparency · public record · sunshine laws · FOIA
FISAFourth Amendment
Search and seizure protection
privacy rights · civil liberties · ACLU · probable cause · due process