Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act_of_1978

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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	6