Electronic surveillance

NSA Can Now Share Your Data With CIA, FBI, Homeland Security And Other Government Intelligence Agencies

The agencies will be required to submit a request for the data pertaining to a case and the NSA will permit or deny a request on several grounds such as the facts, legitimacy and risk level of divulging the information.

Earlier, the NSA used to search and filter the requested information and hide the identity of innocent people. The FBI and other security agencies currently follow the regulations laid by The FISA Amendments Act and Executive Order 12333.

The "warrantless" surveillance enabled by the FISA allows FBI operatives to search the database when working on ordinary criminal cases. The 12333 database is accessible to operatives working only on foreign or counterintelligence operations.