Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

IN-DEPTH: Lawmakers Split on Surveillance Authority Reauthorization Amid DOJ, FBI Abuses

Lawmakers are split on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a broad post-9/11 surveillance authority, in the light of a string of abuses of the apparatus ...

June 16, 2023BY Joseph Lord and Jackson Richman

Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Public Access to Rulings From Secretive FISA Court

An attempt to gain access to decisions made by a secretive court has been denied by the Supreme ...

November 1, 2021BY Zachary Stieber

Government Official Who Approved Improper Spying on Trump Staffer Tapped for Spy Court Advisory Role

Former Justice Department official Mary McCord will serve in an advisory role for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ...

April 29, 2021BY The Daily Caller News Foundation

Court Rules FBI Handling of Surveillance Database Was Unconstitutional

The nation's principal federal law enforcement agency violated the privacy of U.S. citizens through allegedly misusing a surveillance database, ...

October 9, 2019BY Richard Szabo

US Bulk Telephone Data Collection Program Officially Extended

The NSA's bulk intelligence gathering was authorized by Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act, which is set ...

March 1, 2015BY Annie Wu