Recent revelations about the size and scope of government foreign surveillance efforts have prompted some to criticise the level of scrutiny that the courts -- established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) -- currently provide with respect to the government‘s applications to engage in such surveillance. This book focuses on introducing a public advocate into the FISA's courts; foreign surveillance and the future of standing to sue post-clapper; and the decision of the supreme court of the United States in the case of Clapper v. Amnesty International et al.