United States v. Hawamda

Finding that “[d]isclosure of the contents of the FISA material would harm the national security because it would reveal the capabilities and techniques of surveillance, the sources and methods used to counter international terrorism, highly sensitive foreign intelligence information that has been gained and sought to be gained, the avenues of intelligence gathering that are being pursued, and the identities and locations of the targets of surveillance as well as others who are possibly implicated in wrongdoing and continuing criminal activity. Moreover, so much of the material fits one or more of these categories that redaction would leave nothing but meaningless unconnected words.” 1989 WL 235836, at *1.