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FISA has provisions for surveilling "facilities", buildings, and locations, and is not limited to orders to surveil just an individual. A more generous reading
by brown9-2 13y ago
FISA has provisions for surveilling "facilities", buildings, and locations, and is not limited to orders to surveil just an individual.
A more generous reading would suggest that is what "foreign entity" is referring to - cases where the NSA is surveilling a safehouse or a military base and not necessarily a human being.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoA foreign company might also qualify as an entity. Even a company that merely has offices abroad might qualify. US Citizens who work for foreign entities might very well be included.
- brown9-2 13y agoThe law makes it clear that US persons (defined as citizens or legal residents) are not to be included whether they are presently in the USA or travelling abroad. Even foreign persons who are under surveillance are to be excluded when they travel to the US.
- warfangle 13y agoYet the system can only figure with 51% probability whether or not an entity being targeted is, in fact, foreign or US-born.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoCare to point out where the law makes that clear? It's my understanding that communications to/from "foreign entities" are subject to monitoring; as are any communications which have been routed outside the continental US, without regard to the endpoints.