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FISA court

FISA court (plural FISA courts)


noun 
Definition:
 
secret federal security court: a U.S. court composed of a rotating panel of federal judges that sits in secrecy to review prosecutors' requests to wiretap telephones of suspected spies and terrorists and to conduct searches

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