PUBLIC LAW 95-511—OCT. 25, 1978
92 STAT. 1789
(4) a statement of the facts and circumstances relied upon by
theapplicanttojustify his belief that—
(A) the target of the electronic surveillance is a foreign
power or an agent of a foreign power; and
(B) each of the facilities or places at which the electronic
surveillance is directed is being used, or is about to be used, by
a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power;
(5) a statement of the proposed minimization procedures;
(6) a detailed description of the nature of the information
sought and the type of communications or activities to be subjected
to the surveillance;
(7) a certification or certifications by the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs or an executive branch official
or officials designated by the President from among those executive
officers employed in the area of national security or defense and
appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the
Senate—•
(A) that the certifying official deems the information
sought to be foreign intelligence information;
(B) that the purpose of the surveillance is to obtain foreign
intelligence information;
(C) that such information cannot reasonably be obtained
by normal investigative techniques;
(D) that designates the type of foreign intelligence
information being sought according to the categories
described in section 101 (e); and
(E) including a statement of the basis for the certification
that—
(i) the information sought is the type of foreign
intelligence information designated; and
(ii) such information cannot reasonably be obtained
by normal investigative techniques;
(8) a statement of the means by which the surveillance will be
effected and a statement whether physical entry is required to
effect the surveillance:
(9) a statement of the facts concerning all previous applications
that have been made to any judge under this title involving any
of the persons, facilities, or places specified in the application,
and the action taken on each previous application;
(10) a statement of the period of time for which the electronic
surveillance is required to be maintained, and if the nature of the
intelligence gathering is such that the approval of the use of
electronic surveillance under this title should not automatically
terminate when the described type of information has first been
obtained, a description of facts supporting the belief that
additional information of the same type will be obtained
thereafter; and
(11) whenever more than one electronic, mechanical or other
surveillance device is to be used with respect to a particular
proposed electronic surveillance, the coverage of the devices
involved and what minimization procedures apply to information
acquired by each device.
(b) Whenever the target of the electronic surveillance is a foreign Foreign power,
power, as defined in section 101(a) (1), (2), or (3), and each of the information
facilities or places at which the surveillance is directed is owned, exclusion,
leased, or exclusively used by that foreign power, the application need
not contain the information required by paragraphs (6), (7) ( E ) , (8),