Federal Agent Smith Has Been Investigating a Group Believed to Be

question 26

Multiple Choice

Federal Agent Smith has been investigating a group believed to be agents of a foreign power involved in international terrorism. Agent Smith discovered that this group has been involved in three prior plots to smuggle weapons of mass destruction into the United States, but in each incidence their contacts failed to deliver the weapons. Agent Smith has filed several requests for court orders based on statutes that were originally part of the USA PATRIOT Act. Agent Smith also wants permission to enter the group's headquarters when it is closed and photograph documents. The request should be:

• A) granted only if the search will be done when federal agents are installing surveillance equipment at the group's headquarters.
• B) Granted; FISA warrants can be issued for physical searches as well as electronic surveillance.
• C) Denied; FISA only provides for warrants authorizing wiretaps and electronic surveillance devices.
• D) Denied; physical searches authorized by FISA can only be conducted in foreign countries.

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