June 17, 1972, was a warm, uneventful Saturday in Washington, D.C., the kind of summer day that hums with the usual rhythm of a capital city. People were going about their weekend routines, unaware that within the walls of a sleek, modern building known as the Watergate complex, a political earthquake was about to detonate. …
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Behind the Curtain: Demystifying the FISA Act of 1978
Step into the world of cloak-and-dagger operations and government intrigue with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, fondly known as FISA. This game-changing legislation emerged as a response to the dark days of the Watergate scandal, when intelligence agencies abused their power for domestic surveillance. FISA brought order to the chaos, establishing a rock-solid …