Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

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Legislating peace and security: Part II

Critical State

This week, Critical State digs into new research about legislative oversight when it comes to security issues. As historian Peter Roady writes in a new article in the Journal of Policy History, the National Security Agency has escaped congressional oversight with two words: “It’s classified.”

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Here’s a primer on the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Global Politics

Former FISA judge offers solution to restore confidence in court

Global Politics

U.S. Secretly Collecting Telephone Records of Millions of Americans

Bush Era Surveillance Program Headed to Supreme Court