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26 Sep 2007, 10:13 pm
Here is the abstract:On August 5, the Protect America Act of 2007 amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to permit the federal government to conduct electronic surveillance that previously required court approval. [read post]
27 May 2020, 1:49 pm
Pursuant to the amended law, in order to have a legal basis, foreign-foreigner surveillance operations would have to fulfill one of several statutorily identified mandates: (1) to discover and counter threats to the internal or external security of the Federal Republic of Germany; (2) to safeguard the Federal Republic of Germany’s ability to act; and (3) to acquire information concerning foreign and security matters of interest to the… [read post]
7 Feb 2018, 2:20 pm
The documents are the third and final batch of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) opinions released to EFF as part of a FOIA lawsuit seeking all significant orders and opinions of the secret court. [read post]
1 Mar 2013, 10:30 am
Amnesty International, a group including journalists, human right activists, and labor leaders challenged the 2008 amendments made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. [read post]
14 Feb 2013, 4:41 am
In Keith, the Supreme Court held that a warrant is required for domestic security surveillance, but it did not pass “judgment on the scope of the President’s surveillance power with respect to the activities of foreign powers, within or without this country. [read post]
29 Jun 2018, 7:00 am
” Upstream surveillance involves the NSA’s mass interception and searching of Americans’ international internet communications. [read post]
25 Mar 2013, 4:40 pm
Amnesty International USA. [read post]
25 Mar 2013, 4:40 pm
Amnesty International USA. [read post]
8 Nov 2015, 11:19 am
Although it is a close call, the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Schrems v. [read post]
17 Sep 2021, 1:39 pm
The NSA uses Upstream, a surveillance program authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. [read post]
29 Oct 2015, 3:24 pm
The court asserted its decision would not insulate upstream from judicial review, which—according to the court—could still receive judicial scrutiny through (1) review from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), (2) a challenge by a criminal defendant, or (3) a challenge from an electronic service provider. [read post]
6 May 2021, 11:25 am
Apparently, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) didn’t get the memo. [read post]
12 Nov 2020, 1:38 pm
Cindy Cohn:Our topic today is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which is also called the FISC or the FISA Court. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 4:53 pm
One document contains a summary of an internal discussion in which officials from two NSA offices discuss whether to categorize WikiLeaks as a "malicious foreign actor" for surveillance targeting purposes. [read post]
30 Oct 2016, 9:45 am
Soon, in a lawsuit brought by Privacy International, the ACLU and eight other organizations, the influential European court of human rights will also weigh in on surveillance programs revealed by Snowden, and the result could have implications far beyond Europe. [read post]
6 Feb 2019, 3:00 pm
Yet judicial opinions issued in secret by the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court suggest that these safeguards have been interpreted extremely narrowly. [read post]
30 Jul 2013, 7:36 am
However, as made clear in recent public congressional hearings and court cases in the United States, much of the legal basis for individual surveillance programs (e.g. the classified decisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC)) remain undisclosed. [read post]
6 Sep 2017, 10:00 am
The secret loosening of internal checks on NSA programs following the 9/11 terrorist attacks resulted in the warrantless surveillance program, Stellar Wind. [read post]
11 Sep 2017, 7:00 am
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court oversight: Chapter 5 presents original research: a review of all of the FISC opinions and related materials declassified between 2013 and the filing of my testimony in November 2016. [read post]
30 Nov 2017, 3:23 pm
From the bill: “the Federal Bureau of Investigation may apply for an order of the [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]” to approve access to such communications. [read post]
