Legal Opinion
Amnesty International USA v. McConnell
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 20, 2009No. 08 Civ. 6259(JGK)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge.
This is a facial challenge to the constitutionality of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (“FISA”), 50 U.S.C. § 1881a, which was added to FISA by Section 101(a)(2) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (the “FAA”). In relevant part, the FAA amended FISA by creating a new framework within which federal officials may seek approval from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (the “FISC”) to authorize surveillance targeting non-United States persons located outside the United States to acquire foreign intelligence…
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