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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act_of_1978
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amendedBy
gptkb:USA_PATRIOT_Act
gptkb:FISA_Amendments_Act_of_2008
gptkbp:appliesTo
United States persons
foreign powers
gptkbp:approvedBy
secret court orders
electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes
gptkbp:citation
gptkb:Edward_Snowden_disclosures
gptkb:USA_Freedom_Act_debates
legal challenges to surveillance
gptkbp:codifiedIn
gptkb:50_U.S.C._ch._36
gptkbp:containsProvision
roving wiretaps
business records orders
emergency surveillance procedures
lone wolf provision
pen register and trap and trace orders
gptkbp:controversy
mass surveillance
privacy concerns
secret court proceedings
gptkbp:dateEnacted
October 25, 1978
gptkbp:enactedBy
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy
gptkb:Department_of_Justice
gptkb:Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
gptkb:National_Security_Agency
gptkbp:established
gptkb:Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Court
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
gptkbp:purpose
collection of foreign intelligence information
regulate physical and electronic surveillance
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
intelligence agencies
privacy law
gptkbp:requires
judicial oversight
minimization procedures
gptkbp:section
gptkb:Section_702
Section 215
gptkbp:shortName
gptkb:FISA
gptkbp:signedBy
gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
gptkbp:startDate
October 25, 1978
gptkbp:subject
national security
counterintelligence
electronic surveillance
wiretapping
government surveillance
gptkbp:subjectOf
Supreme Court cases
public debate on surveillance
congressional oversight hearings
media coverage on privacy
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Public_Law_95-109
gptkb:Project_MINARET
gptkb:Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act_(FISA)_Amendments
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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