FISA Modernization Is Not About "Warrantless Wiretapping"

Publication Date: March 2008

Publisher(s): Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Andrew M. Grossman

Series: WebMemo

Topic: Government (Internal security)
Media, telecommunications, and information (Communication systems)

Keywords: Legal issues; Terrorism; civil liberties; Communications

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Making permanent the authorities of the now-expired Protect America Act has only an incidental relation to Americans' communications.