Which of the following is true of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)?
A)It was enacted as a result of the USA Patriot Act.
B)It has not been amended after its enactment.
C)It prohibits surveillance or monitoring without a warrant.
D)It has expanded the government's ability to monitor the phone calls of suspected terrorists.

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The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)was enacted long before the USA PATRIOT Act,and has been amended various times both before and since.It has also been extensively used by the federal government to conduct surveillance activities.In 2008,a further amendment to FISA expanded the government's ability to monitor the phone calls of suspected terrorists,established FISA's requirement of warrants from the FISA Court as the exclusive way of exercising this surveillance power,and provided immunity from legal liability for telephone companies that had assisted the government in the phone call monitoring activities for which FISA Court warrants had not been obtained.

Which of the Following Is True of the Foreign Intelligence