Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) would issue a warrant without probable cause as long as the "primary purpose" of the surveillance was to do which of the following?

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The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) was created by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to review and approve warrants for electronic surveillance or physical searches in national security investigations. The "primary purpose" of the surveillance had to be to gather foreign intelligence information. This means that the surveillance must have been conducted to investigate foreign espionage, terrorism, or other similar threats to national security. The other options, such as engaging in criminal law enforcement or installing wiretaps in homes of American citizens, are not the primary purpose of FISC warrants.