n 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
Remove some mystery from secret FISA court The Obama administration is reportedly exploring ways to declassify some documents related to the controversial, secret FISA court.
July 1, 2013 - Tacoma News Tribune
HAROLD PEASE: Is government spying on its own citizens constitutional? Recent revelations on either the National Securities Administration’s seven-year accumulation of your phone calls and email massages, or, the 35 years of FISA court’s special surveillance requests on
June 30, 2013 - Magnolia Potpourri
Patrick Leahy in Guardian Unlimited For Congress to legislate effectively in this area, it has to have full information about the executive branch's interpretations of FISA,Leahy said. "We cannot, and certainly, we should not legislate in the dark, where the administration...
Jay Rockefeller in Washington Post The court, which oversees the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, "must continue to play an essential role in authorizing surveillance and overseeing its execution," Rockefeller said. "They are the trusted steward of FISA, and they can and...
Russ Feingold in FOXNews Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., said: "The proposed FISA deal is not a compromise; it is a capitulation."