The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, known as FISA, enacted in 1978, was designed to limit the federal government’s ability to spy on its citizens, balancing national security with civil liberties. It grew out of a 2,700-page report by the Church Committee that documented abuses of the civil rights of U.S. citizens in the name of national security interest involving administrations of both Democratic and Republican presidents.
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