surveillance : Idioms & Phrases
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air force intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance
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noun an agency focused on ensuring that the United States military attains information superiority; operates worldwide ground sites and an array of airborne reconnaissance and surveillance platforms
Air Force ISR; AFISR.
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electronic surveillance
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noun surveillance by electronic means (e.g. television)
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foreign intelligence surveillance act
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noun an act passed by Congress in 1978 to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; intended to increase United States counterintelligence; separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance
FISA.
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foreign intelligence surveillance court
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noun a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies
F.I.S.C..
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surveillance of disease
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noun the ongoing systematic collection and analysis of data about an infectious disease that can lead to action being taken to control or prevent the disease
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surveillance system
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noun a closed-circuit television system used to maintain close observation of a person or group
