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Definition of Foreign intelligence surveillance act
1. Noun. An act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Literary usage of Foreign intelligence surveillance act
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Threat of Bioterrorism and the Spread of Infectious Diseases: Hearing Before edited by Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (2001)
"Pursuant to the foreign intelligence surveillance act (FISA), the FBI can obtain
a court order for electronic surveillance and physical searches of foreign ..."
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