NOUN | communication | FISA, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act | an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign / foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court |
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Meaning | An act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign / foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance. | |
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Synonym | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act | |
Broader | legislative act, statute | An act passed by a legislative body |
Spanish | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act | |
Catalan | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act |
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