Read a fact sheet on the FISA amendments, from the office of Sen. Kit Bond, the ranking Republican on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

OVERVIEW

The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 provides critically important authority for the U.S. Intelligence Community to acquire foreign intelligence information by targeting foreign persons reasonably believed to be outside the United States. It ensures that the Intelligence Community has the flexibility and agility it needs to identify and respond to terrorist and other foreign...