Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a critical tool for protecting our national security. It enables the U.S. Intelligence Community to collect, analyze, and share foreign intelligence information on individual terrorists, weapons proliferators, hackers, and other foreign intelligence targets. Take a deeper look at how we use FISA Section 702, how privacy and civil liberties safeguards are built into our work, and how our use of these tools is overseen by all three branches of government.
key concepts and topics
FISA Section 702
A One Page Overview
Categories of FISA
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Understanding the Role of the FISC
Targeting Under FISA Section 702
Who Can (and Can’t) Be Targeted?
Minimizing United States Person Information
Under FISA Section 702
Finding the Foreign Intelligence Information
Queries of Section 702 Information
Overseeing Section 702
Multi-layered Oversight to Protect Privacy and Civil Liberties
Incidental Collection in a Targeted Intelligence Program
Understanding Section 702
When is it permissible to identify an American in an intelligence report?
Minimizing, Masking, and Unmasking Identities
