The FISA court is a tribunal established in 1978 that decides whether to approve wiretaps, data collection and government requests to monitor suspected terrorists and spies.

FISA was enacted in 1978 to curb the rampant illegal political spying exposed during the Nixon administration. After the 9/11 attacks, the George W. Bush administration decided the president was ...

What is FISA Section 702? Section 702 of FISA allows intelligence officials to oversee communications of foreigners outside the U.S. without a warrant. It’s an amendment added to FISA in 2008.

Although the FISA procedure has been heavily criticized because of the secrecy of the FISA Court, the recent disclosures of the NSA program have outraged some civil libertarians and privacy advocates.

FISA courts meet in secret -- sometimes in the middle of the night. — -- President Trump sparked a firestorm this morning when he suggested that his predecessor, Barack Obama, had ordered ...

Section 702’s opponents heavily pushed for a warrant requirement, claiming it was necessary for American’s privacy rights. The law’s supporters, though, pointed to other reforms made to FISA ...

Read a fact sheet on the FISA amendments, from the office of Sen. Kit Bond, the ranking Republican on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 provides ...

Roughly 40 minutes after it lapsed, the Senate voted to pass a renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which serves as a critical tool used by the government to ...

Potomac Watch: As Sen. Chuck Grassley outlines the background of why the FISA court was established, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. Devin Nunes highlight the FISA court's too-little-too-late ...

As of 2013, the FISA court has denied only 12 warrants since its inception. It has granted more than 34,000 requests since its inception. About the Author. Debbie Lord. More Stories.

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It’s a highly fortified courtroom where some of the most secretive government decisions get made. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court – known as the FISA court or FISC – is again in ...