Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (n)
FISA (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def 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
def intended to increase United States counterintelligence
def separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance
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Hypernym legislative act, statute
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Hyponym legislative act, statute

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