FAA
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The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA) is a U.S. federal law that updated and expanded government surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, particularly for monitoring communications of non-U.S. persons abroad.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FAA canonical | 3 |
| FAA of 2008 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1126366 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FAA Context triple: [FISA Amendments Act of 2008, shortName, FAA]
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A.
FAA
FAA is the commonly used abbreviation for the College of Fine and Applied Arts, an academic unit focused on disciplines such as visual arts, design, and performance.
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B.
FAA
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) is a landmark U.S. law that reorganized and governs most American foreign aid and development assistance programs.
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C.
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the U.S. government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing all aspects of civil aviation safety and operations.
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D.
Air Navigation Commission
The Air Navigation Commission is a technical body within the International Civil Aviation Organization responsible for developing and recommending international standards and procedures for air navigation and aviation safety.
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E.
Civil Aeronautics Board
The Civil Aeronautics Board was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating airline routes, fares, and accident investigations before its key functions were reassigned and it was ultimately dissolved.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FAA Target entity description: The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA) is a U.S. federal law that updated and expanded government surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, particularly for monitoring communications of non-U.S. persons abroad.
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A.
FAA
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) is a landmark U.S. law that reorganized and governs most American foreign aid and development assistance programs.
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B.
FAA
FAA is the commonly used abbreviation for the College of Fine and Applied Arts, an academic unit focused on disciplines such as visual arts, design, and performance.
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C.
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the U.S. government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing all aspects of civil aviation safety and operations.
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D.
Air Navigation Commission
The Air Navigation Commission is a technical body within the International Civil Aviation Organization responsible for developing and recommending international standards and procedures for air navigation and aviation safety.
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E.
Civil Aeronautics Board
The Civil Aeronautics Board was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating airline routes, fares, and accident investigations before its key functions were reassigned and it was ultimately dissolved.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
ⓘ
surveillance law ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
ⓘ
United States Department of Justice ⓘ United States Intelligence Community ⓘ
surface form:
United States intelligence community
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| amends |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
ⓘ
surface form:
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
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| appliesTo | electronic communication service providers ⓘ |
| authorizes |
collection of foreign intelligence information from electronic communication service providers
ⓘ
targeted surveillance of non-U.S. persons located abroad ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Title 50 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| containsProvision | Section 702 of FISA ⓘ |
| controversy |
bulk collection of communications content and metadata
ⓘ
privacy and civil liberties concerns ⓘ warrantless surveillance concerns ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| effectiveDate | 2008-07-10 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| excludes |
intentional acquisition of wholly domestic communications
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intentional targeting of U.S. persons ⓘ |
| hasAcronym | FAA self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| includes |
certification and review procedures by the FISA Court
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minimization procedures for handling U.S. person information ⓘ procedures for targeting non-U.S. persons abroad ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| legalArea |
electronic surveillance
ⓘ
intelligence law ⓘ national security law ⓘ |
| oversightBy |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ |
| purpose |
to facilitate surveillance of non-U.S. persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States
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to update and expand government surveillance authorities under FISA ⓘ |
| regulates |
acquisition of communications content and metadata for foreign intelligence purposes
ⓘ
foreign intelligence electronic surveillance ⓘ |
| relatedToProgram |
PRISM surveillance program
ⓘ
Upstream collection programs ⓘ |
| renewalHistory | reauthorized multiple times by the United States Congress ⓘ |
| requires |
Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence certifications
ⓘ
periodic reporting to congressional intelligence committees ⓘ |
| shortName | FAA self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| signedBy | George W. Bush ⓘ |
| signedDate | 2008-07-10 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | constitutional challenges under the Fourth Amendment ⓘ |
| subjectOfCase | Clapper v. Amnesty International USA ⓘ |
| subjectOfDebate | balance between national security and privacy ⓘ |
| yearOfEnactment | 2008 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: FAA Description of subject: The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA) is a U.S. federal law that updated and expanded government surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, particularly for monitoring communications of non-U.S. persons abroad.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
FISA Amendments Act of 2008
this entity surface form:
FAA of 2008