(24.1.2014) It may be the most powerful court you have never heard of — operating out of a bunker-like complex blocks from the Capitol and the White House — sealed tightly to prevent eavesdropping.
Its a tribunal that is secret (or supposed to be). Its structure is largely one-sided and its members are unilaterally chosen by one unelected person.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court — or FISA Court for short — is a panel that critics contend rubber-stamps nearly every National Security Agency request to snoop that it receives.