Presenting The Location Of The NSA's Secret FISA Court

The nation's spy court has begun operations in a new, secure space on the third floor of the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in downtown Washington, ending its 30-year run of issuing secret warrants from within the Justice Department, according to three sources connected to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court who spoke on the condition of anonymity, citing the strict secrecy surrounding it. The court reviews government applications to conduct electronic surveillance and physical searches in terrorism and espionage investigations. It's unclear when the court first convened in its new home, but anyone walking down the hallway in the past few weeks could have guessed the $2 million courtroom was primed for business.

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