The NSA relies on authorizations under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to acquire foreign intelligence, subject to approval and oversight by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Sources
- National Security Agency/Central Security Service > Signals ... (nsa.gov)
- https://bja.ojp.gov/program/it/privacy-civil-liberties/authorities/statutes/1286 (bja.ojp.gov)
- https://www.fbi.gov/news/speeches-and-testimony/oversight-of-section-702-of-the-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act-and-related-surveillance-authorities (fbi.gov)
- https://www.intelligence.gov/ic-on-the-record-database/results/testimony/hearing-of-the-house-judiciary-committee-on-oversight-of-the-administrations-use-of-the-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act-fisa-authorities (intelligence.gov)
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