Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:amendedBy |
gptkb:USA_PATRIOT_Act
gptkb:FISA_Amendments_Act_of_2008 |
| gptkbp:appliesTo |
agents of foreign powers
foreign powers U.S. persons under certain conditions |
| gptkbp:approvedBy |
secret surveillance warrants
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| gptkbp:codifiedIn |
gptkb:50_U.S.C._ch._36
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| gptkbp:containsProvision |
gptkb:Section_702
Section 206 Section 215 Section 505 |
| gptkbp:criticizedFor |
lack of transparency
potential for abuse secret court proceedings |
| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
October 25, 1978
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| gptkbp:enables |
bulk data collection
business record collection collection of metadata pen register and trap and trace surveillance physical searches with court order wiretapping with court order |
| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:establishes |
gptkb:Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court_(FISC)
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
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| gptkbp:oversees |
gptkb:Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court_(FISC)
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| gptkbp:purpose |
collection of foreign intelligence information
regulate physical and electronic surveillance |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
counterterrorism
national security counterintelligence |
| gptkbp:requires |
judicial oversight
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| gptkbp:section |
gptkb:Title_I:_Electronic_Surveillance
gptkb:Title_II:_Physical_Searches gptkb:Title_III:_Pen_Registers_and_Trap_and_Trace_Devices gptkb:Title_IV:_Access_to_Certain_Business_Records Title V: Other Authorities |
| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
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| gptkbp:startDate |
October 25, 1978
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| gptkbp:subject |
periodic reauthorization by Congress
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| gptkbp:subjectOf |
gptkb:Edward_Snowden_disclosures
public debate on privacy and surveillance FISA abuse investigations FISA applications FISA court opinions FISA reforms FISA warrant process controversy over government surveillance |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Church_Committee_hearings
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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