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And yet how does the FISA court have jurisdiction in the matter at all? My understanding was that the FISA court existed solely for the purpose of evaluating t
by joshuak 11y ago
And yet how does the FISA court have jurisdiction in the matter at all? My understanding was that the FISA court existed solely for the purpose of evaluating the validity of warrants that if applied for in a general court would prove a natural security risk.
- rtpg 11y agoIANAL, but I think this is to say whether the FISC will accept any warrants of a "bulk collection" style for this 6-month period. If their opinion went the other way, they could rescind previous bulk collection warrants, which means the NSA would have to stop their activity.
- rayiner 11y agoThe FISA court does not handle criminal warrants. It was created to add a layer of judicial oversight for foreign power surveillance activities that previously did not require warrants.