• DocumentCode
    77641
  • Title

    Through the PRISM Darkly

  • Author

    Berghel, Hal

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Jul-13
  • Firstpage
    86
  • Lastpage
    90
  • Abstract
    The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has an approval rate of 99.93 percent of all surveillance requests. While this might not meet the strict definition of a kangaroo court, it seems to fall within the marsupial family.
  • Keywords
    law administration; national security; security of data; surveillance; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; PRISM; kangaroo court; marsupial family; surveillance requests; Government agencies; Privacy; Security; Surveillance; Edward Snowden; NSA; PRISM; security and privacy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2013.253
  • Filename
    6576770