Will Releasing FISA Memo Shock Americans?
What is FISA? What is the FISA Memo Release? The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978 created the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to handle requests by government agencies to perform covert surveillance activities of foreign powers related to national security. Simply put, FISA was designed to allow the government to secretly spy on foreign powers when it was in the national interest. The keys to using FISA warrants were: (1) had to deal with national security; (2) used when secrecy was required, and (3) spying was on foreign powers with any spying on Americans avoided or minimized or protected….