Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act An Overview of Selected Issues

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law.

Privacy, Right of.

Telecommunication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2008

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

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

Publisher Number:

CRS-2008-AML-0321

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