Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
noun
a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies
Syn: ↑F.I.S.C.
Hypernyms: ↑court, ↑tribunal, ↑judicature
Part Holonyms: ↑Federal Judiciary

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