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The '''Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act''' (FISA) 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. The newly created [[Patriot Act]] made significant changes to some of the provisions of FISA. Nine months after the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11th terrorist attack]], proposals to amend FISA were submitted. The amendments give law enforcement all the tools necessary to allow cross agency intelligence sharing, to prevent future terror attacks on America. <ref>[http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL30465.pdf] , http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL30465.pdf, Congressional Research Service, February 15, 2007</ref>

The '''Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act''' (FISA) 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. The newly created [[Patriot Act]] made significant changes to some of the provisions of FISA. Nine months after the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11th terrorist attack]], proposals to amend FISA were submitted. The amendments give law enforcement all the tools necessary to allow cross agency intelligence sharing, to prevent future terror attacks on America.<ref>[http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL30465.pdf] , http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL30465.pdf, Congressional Research Service, February 15, 2007</ref>

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[[Category:United States Law]]