CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting

Date Created

Issue

3

Extent of Work

52

Abstract

A comprehensive guide to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and how the FBI uses it to track individuals suspected of being "agents of foreign powers."

Table of Contents

Dear Reader, -- FISA: What Is It, and Where Did It Begin? -- The "Wall" -- The Catch -- FISA on the Rise -- Where, When, and How Does the FISC Operate? -- Getting A FISA Order Against A U.S. Target -- "Agent of a Foreign Power" -- More Problems with "Agent of a Foreign Power" (No One Knows What It Means. Not Even the Government.) -- What Else Is Wrong with the FISA? Hint: It's Not Constitutional. -- FISA VIOLATES THE FOURTH AMENDMENT -- FISA VIOLATES THE FIRST AMENDMENT -- FISA VIOLATES THE FIFTH AMENDMENT -- FISA VIOLATES THE SIXTH AMENDMENT -- FISA in Action -- The "Portland Seven" -- Mayfield v. United States -- The USA PATRIOT Act -- 2002 — A Historic Moment: the FISC Comes Out of Hiding to Rebuke the Bush Administration for Illegal Use of the FISA -- The Court's Controversial Opinion -- "Mistakes," Secrets, and Lies -- Details of Some of the Lies -- More Bad Grades for the FBI -- DOJ's Appeal -- The Big Picture -- The Aftermath -- Warrant-less Wiretapping, Bush, and the NSA -- Obama Enters the Picture -- Data Mining -- Eye in the Sky -- Human Microchipping -- Parade of Horrors: A Century of Assault -- America's Secret History of Forced Sterilization -- The Government and the Pioneer Fund -- America and the Third Reich -- The Bush/Nazi Connection -- "King George," the Star Chamber, and the American Revolution: Full Circle -- The Government's Secret Military Tribunals -- Conclusion -- A few sources

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14 x 11 centimeters