United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA court)

The United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (otherwise known as FISA court) is a federal court, authorised under the Foreign Intelligence and Security Act (FISA).

The court's main responsibility is to oversee the publication of surveillance warrants for national security operations[1]. Similar to criminal investigations, whenever the American government wanted to embark on a surveillance operation, they are obligated to seek a warrant from the court.

2013 publications of Fisa court opinion documents

Following a freedom of information lawsuit by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, multiple court opinion documents have revealed that the American National Security Agency bypassed procedures ( the United States Signals Intelligence Directive 180 for distributing harvested data across several governmental agencies.[2]. The documents also show that an incredibly large bulk of data was distributed


References

  1. ↑ History of the Federal Judiciary
  2. ↑ Acherman, S. (2013) "Fisa court documents reveal extent of NSA disregard for privacy restrictions", Guardian

External Links

Wikipedia: United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

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