Legal Opinion
Clapper v. Amnesty International USA
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 26, 2013No. 11-1025PublishedCited by 3,176 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Alito
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, 50 U. S. C. § 1881a (2006 ed., Supp. V), allows the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence to acquire foreign intelligence information by jointly authorizing the surveillance of individuals who are not “United States persons”1 and are reasonably believed to be located outside the United States. Before doing so, the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence normally must obtain the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court’s approval. Respondents are United States persons whose work, they…
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