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    The FISA Improvements Act is a proposed act by Senator Dianne Feinstein, Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Prompted by the disclosure of NSA...
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    person § Data collection and intelligence The Day We Fight Back FISA Improvements Act List of bills in the 113th United States Congress "Bill Summary...
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    The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA, Pub. L. 95–511, 92 Stat. 1783, 50 U.S.C. ch. 36) is a United States federal law that establishes...
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    The FISA Amendments Act of 2008, also called the FAA and Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008, is an Act of Congress that...
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    the FISA court, and introduces a "Special Advocate" to represent public and privacy matters to the court. The FISA Improvements Act is a proposed act by...
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    companies such as Google LLC and Apple under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to turn over any data that match court-approved search terms...
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    portal Big data Cyberethics Electronic Communications Privacy Act FISA Amendments Act of 2008 Multiprogram Research Facility Privacy law Secrecy of correspondence...
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    hymn to the wisdom and majesty of Big Brother, but still more it was an act of self-hypnosis, a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic...
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    2006 and was the first time that Australia's Defense (Special Undertakings) Act 1952 was used. The Pine Gap Four cross-appealed to have their convictions...
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    part of its warrantless surveillance program as authorized by the Patriot Act. The facility commenced operations in 2003 and its purpose was publicly revealed...
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    program by adding provisions to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 (signed into law by President Bush on October 1, 2003). Further, the...
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    Operations – a division of the NSA that deals with hacking and cyberwarfare FISA – all types of surveillance approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance...
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    operations are contained in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), which does not extend protection to non-U.S. citizens located outside...
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  • software, and laws such as the Communications Assistance For Law Enforcement Act, governments now possess an unprecedented ability to monitor the activities...
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  • advocates to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) courts and opposing the FISA Improvements Act. However, it was also noted that Obama had not...
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    Department of Justice and the FBI, were sanctioned by US laws such as the FISA Amendments Act, and the necessary court orders for them were signed by the secret...
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    Agreement NSA ANT catalog Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present) Website visitor tracking...
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    Projects Agency (DARPA) Related: Communications Assistance For Law Enforcement Act: wiretapping laws passed in 1994 Harris Corporation: an American technology...
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    Julian Assange (category People convicted under the Espionage Act of 1917)
    he was arrested. He was found guilty of breaching the United Kingdom Bail Act and sentenced to 50 weeks in prison. The U.S. government unsealed an indictment...
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    Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988, the Cable Television Protection and Competition Act of 1992, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the 1996 Health Insurance...
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    Intelligence Law Cybersecurity Law UK Investigatory Powers Act 2016 Proposed changes U.S. FISA Improvements Act Other proposals Concepts Mass surveillance Culture...
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    refinement of the software suite offers the most cost-effective path for improvements. The JORN ionosonde network is made up of vertical ionosondes, providing...
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    2013. ASD was converted to a statutory body by the Intelligence Services Act 2001. ASD is based in Canberra, at the Defence Department Headquarters at...
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    an extension, the Act was set to expire on February 28, 2011. However, it eventually passed, 275–144. The FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 was signed...
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    by the Electronic Frontier Foundation through the Freedom of Information Act revealed that FOG Data Science had 40 contracts with "nearly two dozen agencies...
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    "Just days left to kill mass surveillance under Section 215 of the Patriot Act. We are Edward Snowden and the ACLU's Jameel Jaffer. AUA. • /r/IAmA". reddit...
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    Intelligence Law Cybersecurity Law UK Investigatory Powers Act 2016 Proposed changes U.S. FISA Improvements Act Other proposals Concepts Mass surveillance Culture...
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    leaders friendly to the U.S. In November 2013, she promoted the FISA Improvements Act bill, which included a "backdoor search provision" that allows intelligence...
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    targeting foreigners located overseas. Another proposal is the FISA Improvements Act that would preserve the program while strengthening privacy protections...
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  • passed the Countering Foreign Interference Act, which amended the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act to give CSIS powers to investigate potential...
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