Just Security: How a Case of Stolen Corn Seeds Shows the Problem with the FISA Court

Just Security: How a Case of Stolen Corn Seeds Shows the Problem with the FISA Court
by Faiza Patel:

As collateral challenges to the mass surveillance programs disclosed by Edward Snowden like US v. Moalin, US v. Muhtorov, and US v. Mohamud are winding their way through the courts, a lower-profile case – U.S. v. Hailong – is raising the issue of whether a Chinese company’s plot to steal corn seed warrants the use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). This case highlights the near impossibility of effectively challenging the use of these authorities, even in cases of targeted surveillance.