title:
What went wrong with the FISA court /
creator:
Patel, Faiza,author.
creator:
Goitein, Elizabeth,author.
creator:
Brennan Center for Justice,publisher.
description:
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court is no longer serving its constitutional function of providing a check on the executive branch's ability to obtain Americans' private communications. Dramatic shifts in technology and law have changed the role of the FISA Court since its creation in 1978, from reviewing government applications to collect communications in specific cases, to issuing blanket approvals of sweeping data collection programs affecting millions of Americans. Under today's foreign intelligence surveillance system, the government's ability to collect information about ordinary Americans' lives has increased exponentially while judicial oversight has been reduced to near-nothingness. This report concludes that the role of today's FISA Court no longer comports with constitutional requirements, including the strictures of Article III and the Fourth Amendment. The report lays out several steps Congress should take to help restore the FISA Court's legitimacy.
description:
Online resource; title from PDF cover page (Brennan, viewed March 29, 2015).
description:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-75).
description:
Foreword by James Robertson, U.S. District Judge (ret.). -- Introduction. -- The creation of the FISA court. -- The FISA Court's original mandate. -- The brave new world of foreign intelligence surveillance. -- Constitutional concerns. -- Recommendations. -- Conclusion. -- Endnotes.
subject:
United States. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
subject:
United States. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
subject:
United States.
subject:
Searches and seizures.
subject:
Searches and seizures
subject:
Privacy, Right of.
subject:
Privacy, Right of
subject:
Intelligence service.
subject:
Intelligence service
subject:
Evaluation.
subject:
Electronic surveillance
subject:
Constitution (United States)
subject:
Abuse of administrative power.
subject:
Abuse of administrative power
type:
text
language:
eng
identifier:
https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/analysis/What_Went_%20Wrong_With_The_FISA_Court.pdf