Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act : A Brief Overview of Selected Issues.

Format:

• Book
• Government document

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Constitutional law.
• Electronic surveillance.
• Freedom of speech.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (19 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines key issues relating to electronic surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), in light of constitutional law and proposed legislation to amend FISA. Covers tension between national security and civil liberties, particularly rights of privacy and free speech; the need for the Intelligence Community to be able to efficiently and effectively collect foreign intelligence information from the communications of foreign persons located abroad; and limitations on liability for telecommunications service providers who furnish aid to the Federal Government in its foreign intelligence collection.

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.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

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