Presidential Authority to Conduct Warrantless Electronic Surveillance to Gather Foreign Intelligence Information.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Laws, etc. (Statutes of the United States).

United States.

Constitutional law.

Due process of law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (44 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines Presidential authority to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance to gather foreign intelligence information, in light of reports that President Bush authorized the NSA to collect signals intelligence from communications involving U.S. persons within the U.S. without obtaining a warrant or a court order. Lays out a general framework for analyzing the constitutional and statutory issues raised by the NSA electronic surveillance activity. Outlines the legal framework regulating electronic surveillance by the Government, explores ambiguities in those statutes that could provide exceptions for the NSA intelligence-gathering operation at issue, and addresses the arguments that the President possesses inherent authority to order the operations or that Congress has provided such authority.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Presidential Authority to Conduct Warrantless Electronic Surveillance to Gather Foreign Intelligence Information

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