The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) was created by the United States Congress with the Passing of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act(FISA) of 1978. The main purpose of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is to provide jurisdictive guidance of intelligence activities in a secure, classified setting. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is make of Federal judges that are selected by the United States Supreme Court Chief Justice. (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2017). Oversight for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is provided by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review and above them the United States Supreme Court. There were major changes after the implementation of the
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These are “electronic surveillance, physical searches, pen/trap surveillance, and compelled production of tangible things.” (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2017). Adding to the courts powers they also have authority to evaluate the Federal Governments “targeting and minimization procedures related to programmatic surveillance certified under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 which was added as Section 101 of the FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978 AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008. This act states that if not counteracted by another law “the United States Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence may authorize jointly, for a period of up to 1 year from the effective date of the authorization, the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located outside of the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information.” (FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978 AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008, 2008). There are specific limitations to the authorization such as the may not target a person who is in the United States at the time they are targeted, or they are targeting a person with the goal to spy on a person who is in the United States, and they also may not target a person who is communicating with persons in the United States. And the most important one Section
These are “electronic surveillance, physical searches, pen/trap surveillance, and compelled production of tangible things.” (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 2017). Adding to the courts powers they also have authority to evaluate the Federal Governments “targeting and minimization procedures related to programmatic surveillance certified under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 which was added as Section 101 of the FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978 AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008. This act states that if not counteracted by another law “the United States Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence may authorize jointly, for a period of up to 1 year from the effective date of the authorization, the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located outside of the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information.” (FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT OF 1978 AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008, 2008). There are specific limitations to the authorization such as the may not target a person who is in the United States at the time they are targeted, or they are targeting a person with the goal to spy on a person who is in the United States, and they also may not target a person who is communicating with persons in the United States. And the most important one Section