The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of the Statutory Framework and Recent Judicial Decisions

Citation
Elizabeth B. Bazan, The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of the Statutory Framework and Recent Judicial Decisions (CRS Report RL30465) (Apr. 21, 2005) (full-text).

Overview
This report examines the detailed statutory structure provided by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 and related provisions of Executive Order 12333. In addition, it discusses the decisions of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in In re All Matters Submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review in In re Sealed Case.