FISA’s Significant Purpose Requirement and the Government’s Ability to Protect National Security

By Scott J. Glick* – Click here for the published PDF version In 2006, Congress enacted two potentially significant restrictions on the government’s ability to collect foreign intelligence information pursuant to FISA.  Against the backdrop of a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review (Court of Review) decision that arguably reached an erroneous conclusion about the … Continue reading FISA’s Significant Purpose Requirement and the Government’s Ability to Protect National Security