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Noun: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
  1. 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
    - F.I.S.C.

Type of: court, judicature, tribunal

Part of: Federal Judiciary

Encyclopedia: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

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