FC: Secret FISA court approved fewer surveillance applications in 2001

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Politech archive on FISA:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=fisa

EFF "frequently asked questions" on FISA:
http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Terrorism_militias/fisa_faq.html

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http://www.fas.org/irp/news/2002/04/fisa01.html


                       Office of the Attorney General
                            Washington, DC 20530

                               April 29, 2002

     Mr. L. Ralph Meacham
     Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts
     Washington, D.C. 20544

     Dear Mr. Meacham:

     This report is submitted pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence
     Surveillance Act of 1978, Title 50, United States Code, Section
     1807, as amended.

     During calendar year 2001, 932 applications were made to the
     Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for electronic surveillance
     and physical search. The Court approved 934 applications in 2001.
     Two of the 934 applications were filed with the Foreign
     Intelligence Surveillance Court in December 2000 and approved in
     January 2001. Two orders and two warrants were modified by the
     Court. No orders were entered which denied the requested authority.

   Sincerely,
       Larry D. Thompson
       Acting Attorney General
     _________________________________________________________________

   Source: Justice Department hardcopy; HTML by FAS




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