Record Number of FISA Requests for 2004

"During calendar year 2004, 1,758 applications were made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for electronic surveillance and physical search," according to the latest Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) annual report to Congress.
That established a new annual record for domestic counterintelligence and counterterrorism surveillance and search activity. A copy of the 2004 FISA annual report to Congress, dated April 30, 2005, is here: http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fisa/2004rept.pdf

Two FISA-related reports from the Congressional Research Service are: "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Selected Legislation from the 108th Congress," updated January 11, 2005: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL32608.pdf

and "The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of the Statutory Framework and Recent Judicial Decisions," updated September 22, 2004: http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RL30465.pdf
[from Secrecy News]