Federal Agent Smith has been investigating a group believed to be agents of a foreign power involved in international terrorism. Agent Smith discovered that this group has been involved in three prior plots to smuggle weapons of mass destruction into the United States, but in each incidence their contacts failed to deliver the weapons. Agent Smith has filed several requests for court orders based on statutes that were originally part of the USA PATRIOT Act. Agent Smith wants permission to install wiretaps on phones used by the group. What court should this request be submitted to?

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The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) is the appropriate court for requests related to surveillance of foreign powers or their agents, as it was established to oversee requests for surveillance warrants against foreign spies inside the United States.

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