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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, F.I.S.C.]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
    n 1: 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 [syn: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court,
         F.I.S.C.]