What does FISC stand for?

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

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Samples in periodicals archive:

It would require the Justice Department's inspector general to conduct audit reports on the government's use of national security letters as well as document requests to the foreign intelligence surveillance court.

Senate Democrats propose surveillance law changes

The NSA is believed to have violated eight to 10 orders issued by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

An invasion of privacy

The government eavesdropped on American phone and computer lines for almost six years after the September 11 attacks without permission from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the special panel established for that purpose under the 1978 law.

United States: US passes new surveillance law

It would also preserve a role for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in reviewing the Government's procedures for collecting intelligence on these overseas targets.

Fact Sheet on FISA Modernization

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review said the time needed to get a court warrant would hinder the government's ability to collect time-sensitive information, impeding vital national security interests.

Court ruling endorses Bush surveillance policy

United States: House passes surveillance law shielding telcos from ...

He provided new details on court rulings handed down by the 11-member Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which approves classified eavesdropping operations and whose proceedings are almost always secret.

Spy chief's revealing interview; Talk raises some eyebrows; ...

Ashcroft made his appeal to a special panel that reviews decisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court - yet another secret court that most people didn't know existed.

Crossing the line