Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 information
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008
Long title
An Act to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes.
Nicknames
FISA Amendments Act of 2008
Enacted by
the 110th United States Congress
Effective
July 10, 2008
Citations
Public law
110-261
Statutes at Large
122 Stat. 2436
Codification
Acts amended
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act USA PATRIOT Act Protect America Act of 2007
Titles amended
50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense
U.S.C. sections amended
50 U.S.C. ch. 36 § 1801 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 6304 by Silvestre Reyes (D–TX) on June 19, 2008
Committee consideration by House Judiciary, House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
Passed the House on June 20, 2008 (293–129 Roll call vote 437, via Clerk.House.gov)
Passed the Senate on July 9, 2008 (69–28 Roll call vote 168, via Senate.gov)
Signed into law by President George W. Bush on July 10, 2008
Major amendments
USA Freedom Act
United States Law
National Security Agency surveillance
Map of global NSA data collection as of 2007[update], with countries subject to the most data collection shown in red
Programs
Pre-1978
ECHELON
MINARET
SHAMROCK
PROMIS
Since 1978
Upstream collection
BLARNEY
FAIRVIEW
Main Core
ThinThread
Genoa
Since 1990
RAMPART-A
Since 1998
Tailored Access Operations
Since 2001
OAKSTAR
STORMBREW
Trailblazer
Turbulence
Genoa II
Total Information Awareness
President's Surveillance Program
Terrorist Surveillance Program
Since 2007
PRISM
Dropmire
Stateroom
Bullrun
MYSTIC
Databases, tools etc.
PINWALE
MARINA
Main Core
MAINWAY
TRAFFICTHIEF
DISHFIRE
XKeyscore
ICREACH
BOUNDLESSINFORMANT
GCHQ collaboration
MUSCULAR
Tempora
Legislation
Safe Streets Act
Privacy Act of 1974
FISA
ECPA
Patriot Act
Homeland Security Act
Protect America Act of 2007
FISA Amendments Act of 2008
Institutions
FISC
Senate Intelligence Committee
National Security Council
Lawsuits
ACLU v. NSA
Hepting v. AT&T
Jewel v. NSA
Clapper v. Amnesty
Klayman v. Obama
ACLU v. Clapper
Wikimedia v. NSA
US v. Moalin
Whistleblowers
William Binney
Thomas Drake
Mark Klein
Thomas Tamm
Russ Tice
Edward Snowden
Publication
2005 warrantless surveillance scandal
Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)
Related
Cablegate
Surveillance of reporters
Mail tracking
UN diplomatic spying
Insider Threat Program
Mass surveillance in the United States
Mass surveillance in the United Kingdom
Concepts
SIGINT
Metadata
Collaboration
United States
CSS
CYBERCOM
DOJ
FBI
CIA
DHS
IAO
Five Eyes
CSEC
GCHQ
ASD
GCSB
Other
DGSE
BND
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Part of a series on
Global surveillance
Disclosures
Origins
Pre-2013
2013–present
Reactions
Systems
XKeyscore
PRISM
ECHELON
Sentient
Carnivore
Dishfire
Stone Ghost
Tempora
Frenchelon
Fairview
MYSTIC
DCSN
Boundless Informant
Bullrun
Pinwale
Stingray
SORM
RAMPART-A
Mastering the Internet
Jindalee Operational Radar Network
Agencies
NSA
R&AW
CSE
BND
CNI
ASIO
DGSE
Five Eyes
FSB
MSS
GCHQ
Places
The Doughnut
Fort Meade
Menwith Hill
Pine Gap
Southern Cross Cable
Utah Data Center
Bad Aibling Station
Dagger Complex
GCHQ Bude
Laws
Five Eyes
UKUSA Agreement
Lustre
U.S.
USA Freedom Act
FISA amendments
EU
Data Retention Directive
Data Protection Directive
GDPR
China
National Intelligence Law
Cybersecurity Law
UK
Investigatory Powers Act 2016
Proposed changes
U.S.
FISA Improvements Act
Other proposals
Concepts
Mass surveillance
Culture of fear
Secure communication
SIGINT
Call detail record
Surveillance issues in smart cities
Related topics
Espionage
Intelligence agency
Cryptography
Tor
VPNs
TLS
Human rights
Privacy
Liberty
Satellites
Stop Watching Us
Nothing to hide argument
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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,[1] is an Act of Congress that amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.[2] It has been used as the legal basis for surveillance programs disclosed by Edward Snowden in 2013, including PRISM.[3]
^H.R. 6304, enacted July 10, 2008
^"U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote Summary, Vote 00168, 100th Congress, 2nd Session". July 9, 2008.
^Sanders, Katie (April 9, 2015). "Fact-checking John Oliver's interview with Edward Snowden about NSA surveillance". Tampa Bay Times.
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