Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:allows collection of metadata
targeting of foreign communications
gptkbp:amended_by gptkb:FISA_Amendments_Act_of_2008
gptkb:FISA_Amendments_Reauthorization_Act_of_2017
gptkb:USA_PATRIOT_Act
gptkbp:applies_to gptkb:citizens
non-U. S. persons
gptkbp:date_enacted gptkb:1978
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:National_Security_Agency
gptkb:Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
gptkbp:establishes gptkb:Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court
gptkbp:governs surveillance of foreign powers
surveillance of agents of foreign powers
gptkbp:has_been reauthorized multiple times
gptkbp:has_facilitated intelligence sharing
gptkbp:has_led_to increased surveillance capabilities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
gptkbp:includes provisions for emergency surveillance
provisions for physical searches
gptkbp:influenced_by Cold War tensions
terrorism threats
gptkbp:introduced_in gptkb:House_of_Representatives
gptkb:Senate
gptkbp:is_criticized_for privacy concerns
lack of transparency
civil liberties organizations
potential abuse of power
privacy advocates
government surveillance practices
gptkbp:is_part_of U. S. intelligence community framework
gptkbp:is_related_to civil rights debates
Fourth Amendment issues
gptkbp:is_subject_to judicial review
congressional oversight
gptkbp:is_updated_by gptkb:FISA_Amendments_Act_of_2012
gptkb:FISA_Amendments_Reauthorization_Act_of_2020
gptkbp:is_used_for counterterrorism efforts
foreign intelligence operations
gptkbp:passes_through gptkb:House_of_Representatives
gptkb:Senate
gptkbp:provides legal framework for surveillance
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:national_security
gptkb:intelligence_gathering
gptkbp:requires minimization procedures
warrants for electronic surveillance
gptkbp:signed_by gptkb:Gerald_R._Ford
President Gerald Ford
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:National_Security_Agency
gptkb:The_Department_of_Justice
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3