The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of the Statutory Framework and U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review Decisions

Comprehensive (103 page) report recounts the history of FISA and subsequent amendment of the statute via the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act, the 2002 Homeland Security Act, the 2002 Intelligence Authorization Act, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, the 2005 USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act, and the 2006 USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act. Report also addresses FISC’s publicly-available opinions as well as Exec. Order 12333.