Justice Department document shows Fisa court continued trend by rejecting none of 1457 requests made on behalf of NSA and FBIThe secretive US foreign intelligence surveillance court did not deny a single government request in 2015 for electronic surveillance orders granted for foreign intelligence purposes,continuing a longstanding trend, a Justice Department document showed. The court received 1457 requests last year on behalf of the National Security Agency and the FBI for authority to intercept communications, and including email and phone calls,according to a Justice Department memo sent to leaders of relevant congressional committees on Friday. The court did not reject any of the applications in whole or in fraction, the memo showed.
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Source: theguardian.com