Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 1978 (FISA)---what many are

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referring to regarding jr spy ring.



http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fisa/

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 prescribes procedures for requesting judicial authorization for electronic surveillance and physical search of persons engaged in espionage or international terrorism against the United States on behalf of a foreign power.

Requests are adjudicated by a special eleven member court called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

FISA Annual Reports to Congress

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court -- 2005 Membership

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004: “Lone Wolf” Amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, December 29, 2004

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of the Statutory Framework and Recent Judicial Decisions, Congressional Research Service, 2004.......more......

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1. the last Executive Order is listed as being in 1995.

FISA Annual Reports to Congress

2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996

1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988

1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979

Executive Orders

* Exercise of Certain Authority Respecting Electronic Surveillance, Executive Order 12139, 23 May 1979
* Foreign Intelligence Physical Searches, Executive Order 12949, 9 February 1995