Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

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…

important tool in the fight against intelligence collection by foreign powers or its agents with an aim of exploiting the underlying US government policies or even to establish its future strategies illegally. The USA Patriot Act has seen FISA expand its strategies in exposition of foreign terrorist groups and combating them in good time. This has seen the US government win the war against terrorism and extremism. The Act has also see reduction of purported threats and acts of terrorism to…

Act’s such as Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), and…

events that are considered emergencies, such as terrorist attacks and natural disasters. Consequently, of these various enactments, the following has been found to be hurtful to American society: Homeland Security, the USA Patriot Act, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. This is due to the controversy…

much larger emphasis on homeland security and preventing terrorism. On October 2, 2001, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT) was introduced in an attempt to improve homeland security. The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 should not have passed because it violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, intrudes upon the First Amendment of the Constitution, but passed because of the widespread…

many find government surveillance techniques violating of civil rights, others stand for the personal and national security it provides in efforts to hinder tragedies. In response to the 9/11 terrorist attack, Congress quickly passed the USA Patriot Act to enhance government surveillance and deter terrorist activity. The Patriot Act targeted foreign communications and domestic cellular data recipients. Arguments arose concerning the domestic surveillance segment of this act, ultimately…

live with. In the end, you are never going to make everyone happy but if it benefits the people without collateral issues. The article that I chose, talks about the house of representatives passing a legislation to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The vote was cast at 256-164 and it passed the consideration…

Introduction The constitutional rights of individuals are sufficiently balanced against the importance of intelligence investigations under FISA. However, there is definitely room for transparency, and greater oversight. While the potential for abuse under FISA is considerable, the potential is mitigated by severe consequences, including prison time, for failing to follow FISA restrictions. The argument exists in legal circles that the U.S. government could accomplish the same degree of…

of Selected Government Surveillance Programs Here are answers to some widely-asked questions about the FBI’s and National Security Agency’s surveillance programs revealed last week. Q: What is the National Security Agency doing? A: Two major surveillance programs have been revealed: 1. Since 2006, the National Security Agency (NSA) has been secretly collecting the phone records of millions of Americans from some of the largest telecommunications providers in the United States, via a series of…

public. However, there were also many effects that have lasted for a long time. One of those effects is how the attacks have changed America's surveillance on their citizens. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which was put into place in 1978 and allows the government to tap into citizen's electronics and monitor them for foreign intelligence information, has changed drastically since the events of 9/11. FISA can now be used to get a warrant to monitor citizens who are not linked…