Category: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

IN-DEPTH: Lawmakers Split on Surveillance Authority Reauthorization Amid DOJ, FBI Abuses

June 16, 2023
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Lawmakers are split on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a broad post-9/11 surveillance authority, in the light of a string of alleged abuses of the apparatus against American citizens. Limited authority to gather foreign intelligence information is granted by Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a post-9/11 surveillance…

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Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Public Access to Rulings From Secretive FISA Court

November 1, 2021
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An attempt to gain access to decisions made by a secretive court was denied on Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court. The American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of other groups argued that the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment requires the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to make all “novel or significant interpretations” of law issued…

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Government Official Who Approved Improper Spying on Trump Staffer Tapped for Spy Court Advisory Role

April 29, 2021
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Former Justice Department official Mary McCord will serve in an advisory role for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court earlier this month. McCord was one of the officials who reviewed and approved warrants to surveil former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. The FISC, which approved the warrants in 2016 and 2017, later excoriated government officials for…

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