United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance CourtThe United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC; also called the FISA Court) is a U.S. federal court established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to oversee requests for surveillance warrants against foreign spies inside the United States by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
United States Intelligence CommunityThe United States Intelligence Community (IC) is a group of U.S. federal government intelligence agencies and subordinate organizations that work to conduct intelligence activities which support the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States. Member organizations of the IC include intelligence agencies, military intelligence, and civilian intelligence and analysis offices within federal executive departments.
Title 50 of the United States CodeTitle 50 of the United States Code outlines the role of War and National Defense in the United States Code.
Federal law enforcement in the United StatesThe federal government of the United States empowers a wide range of federal law enforcement agencies (informally known as the "Feds" and "Federal Agents") to maintain law and public order related to matters affecting the country as a whole.
Pen registerA pen register, or dialed number recorder (DNR), is a device that records all numbers called from a particular telephone line. The term has come to include any device or program that performs similar functions to an original pen register, including programs monitoringInternet communications. The United States statutes governing pen registers are codified under 18 U.S.C., Chapter 206.
Law of the United StatesConstitution of the United StatesThe United States Congress, the federal bicameral legislature, enacts federal statutes in accordance with the Constitution.The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial authority in interpreting federal law, including the federal Constitution, federal statutes, and federal regulations.The law of the United States comprises many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law, of which the supreme law is the nation's Constitution, which prescribes the foundation of the federal government of the United States, as well as various civil liberties.
United States Statutes at LargeThe United States Statutes at Large, commonly referred to as the Statutes at Large and abbreviated Stat., are an official record of Acts of Congress and concurrent resolutions passed by the United States Congress. Each act and resolution of Congress is originally published as a slip law, which is classified as either public law (abbreviated Pub.L.) or private law (Pvt.L.), and designated and numbered accordingly.
SurveillanceMonitoring something for the purposes of influencing, protecting, or suppressing itSurveillance cameras at Tiananmen Square, 2009Surveillance cameras in Gdynia, PolandSurveillance is the systematic observation and monitoring of a person, population, or location, with the purpose of information-gathering, influencing, managing, or directing. It is widely used by governments for a variety of reasons, such as law enforcement, national security, and information awareness.
EspionageEspionage, spying, or intelligence gathering, as a subfield of the intelligence field, is the act of obtaining secret, confidential, or in some way valuable information. Such information is also referred to as intelligence. A professional trained in conducting intelligence operations by their government may be employed as an intelligence officer. Espionage may be conducted in a foreign country, domestically or remotely.
Presidency of Richard NixonU.S. presidential administration from 1969 to 1974PersonalBirthplaceElectoral historyDepictionsU.S. Representative from California1946 election1948 electionU.S. Senator from California1950 electionCheckers speech36th Vice President of the United StatesTransitionEisenhower administrationInaugurations firstsecondMotorcade attackKitchen DebatePost-vice presidency1962 California gubernatorial bid"Last press conference"37th President of the United StatesPresidencyTimelineTransitionInaugurationsfirstsecondAppointmentsFederal judgesSupreme Court candidatesJudicial controversiesPoliciesEconomicNixon shockForeignNixon DoctrineVietnamizationEnvironmentalEPAClean WaterNOAALegacy of ParksCannabiswar on drugsNative AmericanTenureEnd of the draft1972 visit to ChinaAnti-Ballistic Missile TreatyWar on cancerPhiladelphia PlanMinority Business EnterpriseOSHAApollo programParis Peace Accordsdecent interval1971 Bolivian coup d'état1973 Chilean coup d'étatYom Kippur WarairliftMideast Peace ProcessMarine Mammal Protection ActEndangered Species ActImpeachment processWatergate scandaltimelineTapesUnited States v. NixonResignation speechPardonPost-presidencyNixon interviewsFoundationPresidential Library and MuseumCenter for the National InterestBibliographySix CrisesDeath and state funeralPresidential campaigns1960electionprimariesconventiondebates1968electionprimariesconvention"Bring Us Together"1972electionprimariesconventionVice presidential campaigns1952 selectionconventionelection1956 conventionelectionRichard Nixon's tenure as the 37th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1969, and ended when he resigned on August 9, 1974, in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office, the only U.S. president ever to do so.
Act of CongressIn the United States, an act of Congress is a statute passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States Congress and signed into law by the president. Acts may apply only to individual entities (called private laws), or to the general public (public laws).
TerrorismUse of violence to achieve political or ideological aimsThe Twin Towers of the World Trade Center burning during the September 11 attacks, the deadliest terrorist attack in history, planned by Osama bin Laden and carried out by al-Qaeda members in New York City on September 11, 2001*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.