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[CITE: 50USC1811]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER 36--FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE
 
Sec. 1811. Authorization during time of war

    Notwithstanding any other law, the President, through the Attorney 
General, may authorize electronic surveillance without a court order 
under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information for a 
period not to exceed fifteen calendar days following a declaration of 
war by the Congress.

(Pub. L. 95-511, title I, Sec. 111, Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1796.)
