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→Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was created to reign in illegal surveillance of domestic political opponents. Jennifer Dohrn, sister of [[Obama]] family friend and neighbor [[Bernardine Dohrn]], apartment was illegally broken into and searched. The criminal action was authorized by the same career civil servant known as "[[Mark Felt|Deep Throat]]" in Watergate histories. Dohrn only found out about what the FBI did by the [[FOIA]].
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was created to reign in illegal surveillance of domestic political opponents. Jennifer Dohrn, sister of [[Obama]] family friend and neighbor [[Bernardine Dohrn]], apartment was illegally broken into and searched. The criminal action was authorized by the same career civil servant known as "[[Mark Felt|Deep Throat]]" in Watergate histories. Dohrn only found out about what the FBI did by the [[FOIA]].
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allowed [[wiretap]]ping and [[surveillance]] on "agents of a foreign power" who were not protected by the [[Fourth Amendment]].
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allowed [[wiretap]]ping and [[surveillance]] on "agents of a foreign power" who were not protected by the [[Fourth Amendment]]. After [[9/11]] surveillance authorities were expanded to include terrorist organizations and drug cartels, but provisions remained in place to protect American citizens and domestic political opponents who often were caught up in electronic surveillance due to advances ib technology.
==See also==
==See also==