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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
URL: http://www.aclu.org/safefree/spying/fisa.html

Description:
Compilation of policy and opinion pieces on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA, signed into law in July 2008). Includes many letters and other documents against the FISA Amendments Act, which "[u]ntil Congress enacted the FAA, FISA generally prohibited the government from conducting electronic surveillance without first obtaining an individualized order from the FISA court." From the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

LII Topics: Intelligence Service, National Security

Publisher:
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

Extra Keywords
spying wiretapping

LII Database Information:
Record 26591 created by Jennifer English on 07/25/2008
Last modification on 07/28/2008
Published: 07/30/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26591

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