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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ("FISA" , , ) is an Act of Congress which prescribes procedures for the physical and electronic surveillance and collection of "foreign intelligence information" between "foreign powers" and "agents of foreign powers" (which may include American citizens and permanent residents suspected of being engaged in espionage and violating U.S.

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  • Barack Obama's Idea of "Government Transparency" Would Make Dick Cheney Proud

    for instance, is the Obama White House fighting so hard to prevent the release of documents about who lobbied Congress to give immunity to the telephone companies that cooperated with Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program?

    10/23/2009Blogs
  • About Those Czars...

    …executive privilege, and their judicial appointees were eager to grant it. (Anyone recall their complete circumvention of the FISA court ? Just askin'.) 4. The appointment of czars makes Obama a communist about as much as a fake Kenyan birth certificate …

    09/16/2009Blogs
  • The Next Minefield

    …those who would like to use civil litigation" to pry loose government secrets about rendition, torture and warrantless wiretapping ," said Robert Chesney, a University of Texas law professor who specializes in national-security law …

    04/29/2009Politics
  • Wiretaps: Obama Sides with Bush
    Wiretaps: Obama Sides with Bush

    …Bush Administration use of executive authority including it self justification it's rationalizations. Of warrantless wiretapping of American citizens. Our story in the countdown that was then this is now president Obama's Justice Department …

    warrantless wiretapping found at 0:19

    04/08/2009Video
  • Extraordinary Measures

    …ultimately led to such controversial policies as allowing the waterboarding of terror suspects and permitting warrantless wiretapping of U.S. citizens—steps that remain the subject of ongoing investigations by Congress and the Justice Department …

    03/02/2009Nation

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