Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

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noun

a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act;
responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies
• Syn:
F.I.S.C.
• Hypernyms:
court, tribunal, judicature
• Part Holonyms:
Federal Judiciary