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The FISCR was called into session for the first time in 2002 in a case referred to as In re: Sealed Case No. 02-001.The FISC had granted a FISA warrant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) but had placed restrictions on its use; specifically, the FBI was denied the ability to use evidence gathered under the warrant in criminal cases.
The United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), also called the FISA Court, is a U.S. federal court established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to oversee requests for surveillance warrants against foreign spies inside the United States by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
(The warrants pertaining to the surveillance of Page, a U.S. citizen, were issued under a different section of FISA, not Section 702, but the relevant concerns still apply).
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA, Pub. L. 95–511, 92 Stat. 1783, 50 U.S.C. ch. 36) is a United States federal law that establishes procedures for the surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence on domestic soil.
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The FISA Amendments Act of 2008, also called the FAA and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008, [1] is an Act of Congress that amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. [2] It has been used as the legal basis for surveillance programs disclosed by Edward Snowden in 2013, including PRISM. [3]
If the surveillance is pursuant to a court order or warrant, the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA Court or FISC) must find that the proposed surveillance meets the statutory minimization requirements for information pertaining to U.S. persons, [10] but intelligence agencies have broad discretion to spy without a court ...