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MISC. REQ. #53 the Director of the CLA established the National Virtual Translation Center and designated the FRI as its Executive Agent. Like the Language Services ‘Transiation Center, this Center acts as a clearinghouse to provide hmely translations for USIC agencies. Increased Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (RISA) Collection FISA coverage has increased significantly since September 11, 2001, reflecting both the FBI's increased focus on CT and Cl invesngations and improvement in the operation of the FISA process. From 2001 to 2003, the number of FISA appheations filed annually with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court anereased by 85 percent. The PISA Court's granting of such FISAs has helped the FBI investigate terronst networks and operations and disrupt terronst plots. In addinon, the USA PATRIOT Act made a number of smportant changes to FISA procedures that have assisted the FBI's CT efforts The most important of these was the dismantling of many of the walls between criminal and intelligence operations, This has given the FBI the ability to coordmate its intelligence and criminal investigations and to use the full range of mvestigative tools against suspected terrorists. For example, on the intelligence side of an investigation, the FBI can: conduct surveillance on a suspected terrorist to learn about his movements and to identify possible confederates, obtain FISA authority to monitor his conversations; and/or approach and atiempt to cultivate him as 2 source: or an operational asset. On the cruminal side, the FB now has the option of incapacitating the sespect through arrest, detention, and prosecution. Lowenng the wall allows the FBI to continuously balance the opportunity to develop intelhgence agaist the need to apprehend the suspect and prevent him irom carrying out his terrorist plans. This integrated approach has allowed the FBI to foil terronst plots from Seattle, Washington, to Detroit, Michigan, to Lackawanna, New York. Specialized New CT Units On September 11, 2001, the FBI established the CT Watch Unit (then called the “Executive Watch”) as the FBY's 24-hour central clearmghouse for terrorist threats and actionable intelhgence, As the FBI's "Threat Central," CT Watch is the focal point for the receipt, preliminary analysis, and immediate assignment for action of all ierrorism threats It ensures that all FBI Field OfGices and Legats, all relevant government leaders and agencies, all JTTFs, and all state and local law enforcement agencies receive timely notification of terronst threats. CT Watch ss also responsible for producmy several daily publications, including: - The Director's Daily Briefing Bank, which contains a daily apdate on all significant threat mformation and current terronsm investigations 6 000004673