The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is one of two special courts charged with evaluating applications for court orders to

a. authorize electronic surveillance of those suspected of threatening national security.
b. hold detainees in wartime prison camps.
c. permit the president to ratify a treaty without the approval of either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
d. provide intelligence information to Congress over the objections of the president and Director of National Intelligence.
e. suspend the writ of habeas corpus in cases involving national security.


ANS: A

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