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… Date Redacted … Order requiring production of tangible things [redacted] from [redacted]. … Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00131 (FISA Ct.) (Bates, J.) … All withheld information exempt under b(1), b(3), b(6), …

… Date Redacted … Order directing government to submit written report describing its implementation of the applicable minimization procedures to any U.S. person information received pursuant to the related production order. …

… Date Redacted … Order authorizing installation and use of pen register and/or trap and trace devices pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 50 U.S.C. §§1801-1811, §§1841-1846. … Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00133 (FISA Ct.) …

… Finding it unnecessary to appoint an amicus curiae as the question before the court is a matter of statutory interpretation for which “only a single reasonable or rational outcome” exists; and determining that the USA …

… Ordering declassification of a redacted version of the Feb. 19, 2013 FISC opinion in No. BR-25 and finding that the second redaction proposal passes muster. … Opinion and Order Directing Declassification of Redacted …

… Ruling on ACLU motion to release FISC opinions: motion denied with respect to records that are part of ongoing FOIA litigation; government ordered to conduct declassification review of other opinions. … Opinion and Order, …

… Finding that the application submitted by the government in support of an FBI investigation of a USP meets the statutory First Amendment requirement as well as the language requiring that the tangible things sought are …

… Noting that in 2011 “the government made a series of submissions to the Court disclosing that it had materially misrepresented the scope of NSA’s ‘upstream collection’ under §702 (and prior authorities including the …

… Holding that the NSA’s amended minimization procedures used in this case, permitting the sharing of certain unminimized communications, are consistent with the requirements of 50 U.S.C. § 1881a(d)-(e) and with the Fourth …

… Approving amended minimization procedures adopted to correct the statutory and constitutional deficiencies identified by the Court in its Oct. 3, 2011 Mem. Op. and restarting §702 upstream collection. … Memorandum Opinion …

… Holding that the NSA misled the Court on the nature of §702 upstream collection, acquiring tens of thousands entirely domestic communications of USPs and that the minimization procedures failed on statutory and …

… Holding that the targeting and minimization procedures used in this case are consistent with the requirements of 50 U.S.C. §§1881a(d)-(e) and with the Fourth Amendment. Order granting authorization for the targeting and …

… Holding that the targeting and minimization procedures used in this case are consistent with the requirements of 50 U.S.C. §§1881a(d)-(e) and with the Fourth Amendment. Order granting authorization for the targeting and …

… Date Redacted … Granting in part and denying in part an application to engage in bulk Internet metadata collection and to query and use information previously obtained by NSA and noting, “the government acknowledges that …

… Finding ACLU motion within FISC’s jurisdiction, denying motion for release of Court orders and government pleadings regarding §702 on common law and First Amendment right of access grounds because FISC proceedings …

… Date Redacted … Responding to government request for clarification in previous Mem. Op., which limited collection authority for several categories of metadata collection under PR/TT. Amended primary order narrowing the …

… Order granting the government's motion to extend the time limit for its review of DNI/AG 702(g) to September 20, 2011. … Order and Notice of Extension, In re DNI/AG 702(g) Certification [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], …

… Order granting government's motion for extension of time to comply with redacted directive for redacted Docket. … Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00075 (FISA Ct. Nov. 7, 2011) (Bates, J.) … ■SECRET". UNITED STATES …

… Order directing government to file a memo with any necessary supporting documentation that shall address an over collection or unauthorized acquisition of data based on Section 1809(a). … Briefing Order, [REDACTED], No. …

… Order granting the government's motion to extend the time limit for its review of DNI/AG 702(g) again to October 10, 2011. … Order and Notice of Extension, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00072 (FISA Ct. Sept. 14, 2011) …

… Supplemental order requiring the NSA to submit in designated reports a discussion of NSA consideration and implementation of purging credit card information produced by [redacted]. … Supplemental Order, In re Application …

… Primary order granting application pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1861 of call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by [redacted]. … Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order …

… Order directing the government to file a memo addressing questions about NSA data collection of [redacted], including discrete internet communications and over collection incidents. … Briefing Order, [REDACTED], No. …

… Order granting enlargement of time for [redacted] to file a petition challenging [redacted] protection order. … Order Granting Enlargement of Time, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order …

… Order unsealing orders and opinions for various dockets for the limited purpose set forth in government's [redacted] motion. … Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the …

… Primary order granting application pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1861 of call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by [redacted]. … Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order …

… Date Redacted … Primary order authorizing installation and use of pen registers and trap and trace devices pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1841-1846. … Primary Order, [REDACTED], No. PR/TT [REDACTED], GID.C.00109 (FISA Ct.) …

… Supplemental order authorizing that the Right to Financial Privacy Act, 12 U.S.C. §§ 3401-3422 does not preclude the issuance of an order requiring the production of financial records to the FBI pursuant to the FISA …

… Order granting the government’s motion for stay of further proceedings, ordering a declassification review of an opinion evaluating Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, and ordering the government to submit a proposed …

… Order directing the government to submit a detailed explanation of its conclusion that a FISC opinion on Section 215 of the Patriot Act is classified in full and cannot be made public, even in redacted form. … Order, In re …

… Order amending the briefing schedule and extending the deadline for the government to respond to Google’s Motion, and for Google to reply. … Order, In re Motion for Declaratory Judgment of a First Amendment Right to …

… Opinion and order granting Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic’s Motion for Reconsideration of dismissal for lack of Article III standing, which the government did not oppose, and reinstating MFIAC as a party to …

… Order requiring the government to file a memorandum in helping the court reviewing whether the amended minimization procedures is consistent with 50 U.S.C. 1881a(d)(1) and (e)(1) and the Fourth Amendment. … Briefing Order, …

… This is a complete version of opinion GID.C.00078. … Holding that the government’s acquisition of certain telephone and Internet communications pursuant to Section 702 of FISA is approved, because the certifications of …

… Holding that “the FISA application established probable cause to believe that Global Relief and the executive director were agents of a foreign power, as that term is defined for FISA purposes, at the time the search was …

… Denying defendant’s motion for disclosure of FISA materials. 521 F. Supp. 2d at 130. Minimization procedures required by FISA do not apply to defendants who are not “unconsenting United States persons” and thus do not …

… In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things [REDACTED] [Date and Docket No. REDACTED], signed by John Bates (so between Feb. 22, 2006 and Feb. 21, 2013) …