Overview of Constitutional Challenges to NSA Collection Activities and Recent Developments

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. National Security Agency.

United States.

Computer security.

Constitutional law.

Electronic surveillance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Provides overview of recently revealed NSA foreign intelligence collection activities that have been conducted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and various constitutional challenges that have arisen in judicial forums with respect to each. Covers bulk collection of telephony metadata for domestic and international telephone calls, and interception of Internet-based communications targeted at foreigners who are not within the U.S., but may also inadvertently acquire communications of U.S. persons

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Overview of Constitutional Challenges to NSA Collection Activities and Recent Developments

Publisher Number:

CRS-2014-AML-0092

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