FISA

The idea that the FISA is the property of one man, and trying to take the presidency from him is like trying to take his house or his car, is alien to any properly run club.

Archive 2009-06-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

The idea that the FISA is the property of one man, and trying to take the presidency from him is like trying to take his house or his car, is alien to any properly run club.

The vanity of Max Mosley Gordon McCabe 2009

We do that, though, presently under what we call the FISA, Foreign Intelligence Security Act that was passed, where the president does have that kind of authority, but it has the oversight of the courts.

CNN Transcript May 15, 2006 2006

Those tools are what we call FISA, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows us to monitor telephonic communications, Internet communications.

CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2005 2005

There was a lot of inside baseball talk, Daryn, a lot of inside talk about warrants, what they called FISA warrants, which are Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants, warrants that can be put out, government search warrants, to use against suspected terrorists.

CNN Transcript Jun 6, 2002 2002

The new Specter proposal also provides that the controlling principle in FISA is that all provisions must be consistent with Bush’s inherent constitutional presidential authority.

Think Progress » ThinkFast PM: June 14, 2006 2006

FISA is a statutory figleaf to provide a system to address systemic, and unconstitutional, searches by the executive branch.

The Volokh Conspiracy » What Al-Haramain Says, And What It Doesn’t Say 2010

IIRC, FISA is supposed to be the exclusive means to wiretap americans.

The Volokh Conspiracy » What Al-Haramain Says, And What It Doesn’t Say 2010

You believe that FISA is a bonus to the 4th, rather than a mechanism to actually make the 4threal?

The Volokh Conspiracy » What Al-Haramain Says, And What It Doesn’t Say 2010

The key to FISA is the definition of the term “electronic surveillance”.

The Volokh Conspiracy » What Al-Haramain Says, And What It Doesn’t Say 2010