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Intelligence Law Glossary - Electronic Surveillance [HTML-Only]
*NOTE: The Protect America Act of 2007 temporarily removed application of this definition to any surveillance of persons located overseas. This even included electronic surveillance of U.S. persons.
The Protect America Act, P.L. 110-55 was signed into law on August 5, 2007. Many of the provisions were set to expire in 6-months, and were extended briefly for an additional 15 days before expiring on February 16, 2008. See Pub. L. No. 110-182 (extending effectiveness of the Protect America Act for 15 days beyond the original sunset date).
This statute inserted a clarification into FISA’s definitions redefining “electronic surveillance” so as not to be interpreted as applying to any surveillance conducted on persons reasonably believed to be located abroad. See FISA § 105(A), 50 U.S.C. § 1805a (2007) (“Nothing in the definition of electronic surveillance under section 101(f) [50 U.S.C. § 1801(f)] shall be construed to encompass surveillance directed at a person reasonably believed to be located outside of the United States.”). This provision sunset on February 16, 2008, subject to saving provisions that validated orders approved during the statute’s short lifespan. The provision was repealed on July 10, 2008 by the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-261, 122 Stat. 2436.
FISA Section 105B, codified at 50 U.S.C. § 1805b (2007), contained the now repealed procedures that were in effect during the 6-month U.S. citizen intelligence collection extravaganza.
The Protect America Act of 2007’s modifications in FISA § 105B, codified at 50 U.S.C. § 1805b (a) (2007), was repealed by the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-261, 122 Stat. 2436.