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foreign intelligence surveillance act

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
for-eign in-tel-li-gence -surveil-lance act
IPA
48
Scrabble Score
34
Letters
7
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance

Synonyms

FISA

Questions

What does foreign intelligence surveillance act mean?
an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance

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