| NOUN | communication | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, FISA | 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 | FISA | |
| 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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