Reading Room Document

Constitutionality under the Fourth Amendment of certain highly classified electronic surveillance activities conducted by the National Security Agency which fall outside the scope of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978

This cover letter explained that the attached OLC opinion analyzed the constitutionality of NSA surveillance procedures “de novo” following an earlier review conducted by the Carter Administration. The cover letter explained that, aside from certain revisions the OLC had proposed to the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review, it concluded that the NSA’s activities were consistent with the Fourth Amendment.

May 24, 1984