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ABC News
February 25, 2018
... ( FISA) during the 2016 presidential election cycle. Our findings, which are detailed below, 1) raise concerns with the legitimacy and legality of certain DOJ and FBI interactions with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), and 2) represent a troubling breakdown of legal processes established toÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
February 15, 2018
New: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court just released letters to Nunes and Goodlatte re: their requests for FISC records. Judge said the requests are a first for the court, and it's considering them. To Nunes: https://t.co/SCASZmrPV8 To Goodlatte: https://t.co/mJhDOCDt6S pic. twitter.com/brtvE9jOPSÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
February 10, 2018
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes wants the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to turn over transcripts from hearings related to the ... requesting the transcripts of "any relevant FISC hearings associated with the initial FISA application or subsequent renewals related to the electronicÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
February 10, 2018
Over the last week, there's been a great deal of discussion on lawfare regarding the role that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court might play in clearing up controversy over the Nunes memo. Benjamin Wittes and Susan Hennessey have filed a brief before the FISA Court on the matter, and SophiaÃÂ ...
CNN
February 2, 2018
Our findings, which are detailed below, 1) raise concerns with the legitimacy and legality of certain DOJ and FBI interactions with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), and 2) represent a troubling breakdown of legal processes established to protect the American people from abuses related toÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
January 27, 2018
... mean FBI leaders betrayed the nation by abusing their powers in a bid to pick the president," Michael Goodwin of the New York Post wrote on January 23. The conservatives believe that the so-called "Trump- Russia dossier" was used by the Democrats to get Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ( FISA)ÃÂ ...
WIRED
January 25, 2018
Under Title 1 of the law, nicknamed "traditional FISA," law enforcement must go before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to receive a warrant to surveil an individual or group of people. To get that warrant, law enforcement must show probable cause that a person is an agent of a foreignÃÂ ...
AZCentral.com
January 19, 2018
Lawfare (blog)
January 18, 2018
These procedures, which will govern searches designed to retrieve communications of or concerning U.S. persons, are subject to review by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC). Though the specifics are for the most part left to be determined, the adopted procedures must include a recordÃÂ ...
Miami New Times
January 11, 2018
Section 702 of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Amendments Act ( FISA) allows the NSA to vacuum up emails and other data from anyone who communicates with a person living out of the country, even if any of the people communicating are American citizens. The NSA's warrantless spying,ÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
January 10, 2018
JURIST
December 31, 1999
[JURIST] The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) released two [Goodlatte, PDF] letters [Nunes, PDF] on Thursday stating that it would consider requests from two Congressional Representatives to release the hearing transcripts which caused former Trump advisor Carter Page to be put underÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
December 31, 1999
It's an institution we haven't heard from on the allegations in the Nunes Memo: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. ... witness to win a FISA warrant against Carter Page, violating his civil liberties in the process, you would therefore expect that there are some judges on the FISC who are concerned. TheyÃÂ ...
CNN
December 31, 1999
Washington ( CNN) House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte is pushing the chief judge of the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to reveal more ... "As the Presiding Judge of the FISC, you must be similarly concerned that the Executive Branch allegedly used an unverified dossier as evidenceÃÂ ...
Salon
December 31, 1999
If a FISA court judge denies a search request, that judge must explain the reasons for the denial. Then, a panel of three federal judges appointed by the chief justice reviews the search request. This panel is called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review. If the request is again denied, the U.S.ÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
December 31, 1999
An attorney selected to advise the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court says he might have recommended against surveilling former Trump ... "I hope that, whatever else comes of the controversy over the Page FISC order, it will introduce some appropriate transparency into the FISA process," Cline toldÃÂ ...
TIME
December 31, 1999
Of all those with a stake in the release of the so-called Nunes memo, one of the most important has gone largely overlooked: the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court itself. The FISA Court is a special, powerful tribunal of federal district judges, appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States.
The Hindu
December 9, 2017
Countries like the U.S also have processes like Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ( FISA court) which entertains applications made by the U.S government for approval of electronic surveillance, physical search, and certain other forms of investigative actions for foreign intelligence purposes.
41 NBC News
December 9, 2017
Wray told lawmakers that he could not provide the information, but that the FBI "has been having extensive interaction with the Congressional intelligence committees on our interaction" with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The FISC, as it is known, is the court that grants FISA warrants to the FBI,ÃÂ ...
Bloomberg Big Law Business
December 8, 2017
NBCNews.com
December 7, 2017
WASHINGTON -- FBI director Christopher Wray appeared to provide the first official confirmation Thursday that the FBI has applied for secret FISA warrants in the Russia investigation -- the type of warrants that can allow the bureau to spy on the email and telephone calls of specific individuals. TestifyingÃÂ ...
EFF
December 1, 2017
Both bills are attempts to reauthorize Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act, a powerful surveillance authority that allows the NSA to target and collect ... From the bill: "the Federal Bureau of Investigation may apply for an order of the [ Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]" to approve access to suchÃÂ ...
Daily Signal
December 1, 2017
The program is also subject to oversight by inspectors general from multiple agencies, the congressional intelligence committees, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. This oversight is designed to help ensure that the collection authorized byÃÂ ...
Daily Signal
November 30, 2017
To reduce the possibility that this incidentally collected information could be misused, the FISA Amendments Act requires the government to use Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court-approved minimization procedures to determine whether and how incidentally collected information may be used.
The Intercept
November 30, 2017
While traditional FISA authority permits spying on a particular person or group through warrants issued by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, under the new powers, codified in FISA Section 702, monitoring is approved in bulk by the court through what is essentially a recipe for massÃÂ ...
The Cipher Brief
November 29, 2017
Lawmakers are expected to renew FISA, but may put another expiration deadline on the bill, and also may add limitations on how the government is .... agencies that store unprocessed FISA 702 data obtain third-party approval, such as from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court before searching thatÃÂ ...
Daily Signal
November 29, 2017
EFF
November 21, 2017
Both the House-side and Senate-side USA Liberty Act seek to reauthorize Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act, an NSA surveillance tool ... persons, they first need to obtain a warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), which provides judicial oversight on Section 702 surveillance.
Fortune
November 19, 2017
Titled "Yup: The government Is secretly hiding Its Crypto Battles In The Secret FISA Court," the story appeared on the well-regarded securityÃÂ ...
EFF
November 18, 2017
The FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017--legislation meant ... even include the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC)--theÃÂ ...
Bloomberg BNA
November 9, 2017
FISA Section 702 authorizes government collection of digital ... FBI to submit a request to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) if aÃÂ ...
SC Magazine
November 9, 2017
Eurasia Review
November 5, 2017
A separate provision in the bill also would require that the FBI now report to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) all queries ofÃÂ ...
The Cipher Brief
October 29, 2017
Rick Ledgett: FISA Section 702 is a law that lets the United States take .... in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) rulesÃÂ ...
PJ Media
October 26, 2017
REWIND: FBI Used Clinton Campaign's Steele Dossier to Get FISA warrant on ... from the top- secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
EFF
October 24, 2017
... Act is the reform of Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, ... Section 702--the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC).
Chicago Tribune
October 13, 2017
... a court order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) ... it if he or she holds a FISA clearance in the course of normal duties.
The Hill
October 9, 2017
At the end of this year, Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act is due to ... In a report from April of this year, the FISC accused the NSA of anÃÂ ...
Slate Magazine
December 31, 1999
... on probable cause from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to query its Section 702 databases whenever the query concerns an American citizen or permanent resident (generally referred to as "U.S. persons"). Under current practice, the FBI is authorized to review its FISA data without a warrant,ÃÂ ...
RealClearPolitics
December 31, 1999
... should be -- The thing that some people don't understand, is that when you're dealing with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ( FISA),ÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
December 31, 1999
This section extends FISA Amendment Act of 2008 until December 31, ... if (1) the FISC approves certification of the abouts collection program,ÃÂ ...
Cato Institute (blog)
October 5, 2017
Foreign Policy (blog)
October 2, 2017
We're not sure what to make of the Manafort FISA story -- except ... the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) is merely a rubber stamp.
Rutartan
October 1, 2017
Federal Judge James P. Jones, a Judge in the FISA ( Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court), recently spoke about his life experienceÃÂ ...
EFF
September 26, 2017
Update: EFF Lawsuit Results in Release of More FISC Opinions ... decisions by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) public.
Politico
September 24, 2017
The FISA wiretaps, issued by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, pushed the investigation and the Trump Tower scandal intoÃÂ ...
Lawfare (blog)
September 23, 2017
... I'd like to focus today on Section 702 of FISA - one of our best weapons ... responsibility to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC)ÃÂ ...
FactCheck.org
September 23, 2017
Under the law, the Justice Department and FBI submit a request to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, known as the FISA court, whichÃÂ ...
SC Magazine
September 20, 2017
Manafort seeks probe of FISA court order leak ... into a leak that revealed he was the subject of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order.
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