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http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/50/36/I
[accessed 11/1/09 8:20 AM]
Find Law
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
[archival purposes for FISA] [white house] [111th congress, 1st session] [bureaucracy] [intelligence community (IC) and oversight] [*]
(1978 with subsequent amendments, including the Patriot Act amendments in October 2001). [my description; I came across while reading Sunday’s news. I’ve looked up parts of FISA for years but never found a single online, nicely formatted version. FindLaw does same with things such as 9/11 report.] [*]
FISA
• Section 1801 Definitions
• Section 1802 Electronic surveillance authorization without court order; certification by Attorney General; reports to Congressional committees; transmittal under seal; duties and compensation of communication common carrier; applications; jurisdiction of court
• Section 1803 Designation of judges
• Section 1804 Applications for court orders
• Section 1805 Issuance of order
• Section 1806 Use of information
• Section 1807 Report to Administrative Office of the United States Court and to Congress
• Section 1808 Report of Attorney General to Congressional committees; limitation on authority or responsibility of information gathering activities of Congressional committees; report of Congressional committees to Congress
• Section 1809 Criminal sanctions
• Section 1810 Civil liability
• Section 1811 Authorization during time of war