Amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Set to Expire February 28, 2011

Liu, Edward, C.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Legislative amendments;    Legislation;   

RP-ID  :  R40138
RP-ID  :  R40138_2011Feb10

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) which provides a statutory framework by which government agencies may, when gathering foreign intelligence investigation, obtain authorization to conduct electronic surveillance or physical searches, utilize pen registers and trap and trace devices, or access specified business records and other tangible things. Authorization for such activities is typically obtained via a court order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), a specialized court created to act as a neutral judicial decision maker in the context of FISA.