charon: (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades
living thing: a living (or once living) entity
foreign intelligence surveillance court: a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies