Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
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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
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- judicature hypernym
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- Federal Judiciary part holonym
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| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | Federal Judiciary |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | judicature |