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… Finding “notwithstanding the novel question presented by the application,” the appointment of amicus curiae was not appropriate as (a) amici had not yet been designated; and (b) there was not enough time for meaningful …

… Primary order requiring production to the National Security Agency of call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by [redacted]; Court discusses three cases challenging the legality of this collection pending …

… Order appointing David S. Kris to serve as amicus curiae, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1803(i)(2)(B), to assist the Court in assessing the government’s response to the Dec. 17, 2019 Order. … Order Appointing an Amicus Curiae, …

… Order allowing the government to file a response to amicus curiae David S. Kerr’s letter brief which concluded that the FBI’s corrective actions are insufficient and proposing several additional corrective actions …

… The Court reports that the government, in view of its material misstatements and omissions, has concluded that two of the Court’s authorizations in respect to Carter W. Page, Nos. 17-375 and 17-679, were not valid. The …

… The Court, upon request, grants additional time for the government to respond to the Court’s Jan. 7, 2020 order. The new deadline for submission is Feb. 5, 2020. … Scheduling Order, In re Carter W. Page, Nos. 16-1182, …

… Addressed proposed targeting procedures and scope of acquisition, including “abouts limitation,” finding targeting procedures consistent with the statute and 4th Amendment; reviewed § 702 querying and minimization …

… Order approving the Court’s review of the 2018 Certifications to be extended because the amended procedures likely presented novel or significant interpretations of law, the consideration of which would benefit from amicus …

… The government amended FBI querying procedures to state, “The FBI must generate and maintain an electronic record of each USP query term used for a query of unminimized content or noncontent information acquired pursuant …

… This order has an error on page 6. A Corrected Order and Opinion, GID.C.00272, was issued on Mar. 5, 2020. … ###Note: This order has an error on page 6. A Corrected Opinion and Order, GID.C.00272, was issued on Mar. 5, …

… The Court issued an opinion and order on Mar. 4, 2020 for docket No. Misc. 19-02 which contained an error on page 6. The Court therefore issued a corrected opinion and order. … Order, In re Accuracy Concerns Regarding FBI …

… Extending the government’s time to respond and provide required information due to the COVID-19 outbreak. … Order Extending Time to Respond, In re Accuracy Concerns Regarding FBI Matters Submitted to the FISC, No. Misc. …

… This is the corrected version of GID.C.00270, which had an error on page 6. … After the government sent the Court an explanation of how future applications to the Court would be complete and accurate, the amici provided …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit I: Querying Procedures Used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence …

… The Court ordered the government to provide the Court with the names of the targets and docket numbers for the 29 applications reviewed by the OIG which had incomplete Woods Files and to specify the four applications for …

… After a FOIA requesters had attempted for years to get information about EPA official’s phone calls, e-mails, and text messages, they made a FOIA request to the NSA for the same information. The Court held that the NSA’s …

… The government reported disclosures of information acquired through electronic surveillance and physical search under the Page FISA dockets to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri and the …

… S. Comm. on the Judiciary, Interview of Handling Agent 1 (Mar. 3, 2020) … 1 1 ALDERSQN REPORTING COMPANY Desirae S l Jura 3 4 5 SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 6 U.S . SENATE 7 WASHINGTON, D.C 8 9 10 11 12 INTERVIEW OF HANDLING …

… S. Comm. on the Judiciary, Interview of Michael B. Steinbach (June 12, 2020) … 1 1 2 SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 3 U.S. SENATE 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 5 6 7 8 INTERVIEW OF: MICHAEL B. STEINBACH 9 10 11 12 FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2020 …

… S. Comm. on the Judiciary, Interview of Stephen C. Laycock (June 15, 2020) … 1 1 2 3 4 SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 5 U.S. SENATE 6 WASHINGTON, D.C. 7 8 9 10 INTERVIEW OF: STEPHEN C. LAYCOCK 11 12 13 14 MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2020 …

… S. Comm. on the Judiciary, Interview of Dana J. Boente (June 22, 2020) … 1 1 2 3 SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 4 5 U.S. SENATE 6 7 WASHINGTON, D.C. 8 9 10 11 12 13 INTERVIEW OF: DANA J. BOENTE 14 15 MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020 16 …

… S. Comm. on the Judiciary, Interview of Bruce Ohr (June 30, 2020) … 1 1 SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 2 UNITED STATES SENATE 3 WASHINGTON, D.C. 4 5 6 INTERVIEW OF: 7 8 BRUCE OHR 9 10 TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020 11 12 13 The …

… S. Comm. on the Judiciary, Interview of Stuart Evans (July 31, 2020) … 1 1 INTERVIEW OF STUART EVANS 2 3 REDACTED VERSION -» CORRECTED 4 5 July 31, 2020 6 7 8 U.S. Senate 9 Committee on the judiciary 10 Washington, D.C. 11 …

… S. Comm. on the Judiciary, Interview of Supervisory Special Agent 1 (Aug. 27, 2020) … 2 1 APPEARANCES: 2 SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: 3 ZACHARY N. SOMERS, ESQ. 4 Chief Investigative Counsel 5 6 ARTHUR RADFORD BAKER, ESQ. 7 …

… S. Comm. on the Judiciary, Interview of Jonathan Moffa (Sept. 9, 2020) … 2 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 Mr. Somers. This is the transcribed interview of 3 Jonathan Moffa. Chairman Graham requested this interview as 4 part of …

… The Court granted the government's motion for an extension to file sworn submissions reporting on the conduct and results of the assessments for the remaining 15 of 29 applications reviewed by the DOJ OIG. … Order Granting …

… The Court granted the motion of Judicial Watch, Inc. to voluntarily dismiss its pending motion for publication of court transcripts. … Order, In re Transcripts of this Court Related to the Surveillance of Carter Page, No. …

… The Court granted the government’s motion to modify the reporting period such that the next report in this docket be no later than August 31, 2020, and subsequent reports shall be submitted at intervals of no more than 90 …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit C: Procedures Used by the Federal Bureau of Investigations for Targeting Non-United States Persons Reasonably Believed to Be Located Outside the United States to Acquire Foreign Intelligence …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit A, Procedures Used by the National Security Agency for Targeting Non-United States Persons Reasonably Believed to Be Located Outside the United States to Acquire Foreign Intelligence Information …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit E: Minimization Procedures Used by the Central Intelligence Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit D: Minimization Procedures Used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit G, Minimization Procedures Used by the National Counterterrorism Center in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit B: Minimization Procedures Used by the National Security Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit I: Querying Procedures Used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit K: Querying Procedures Used by the National Counterterrorism Center in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit H: Querying Procedures Used by the National Security Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit J: Querying Procedures Used by the Central Intelligence Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance …

… Holding that 2020 certifications, targeting, minimization, and querying procedures comply with statutory requirements and are consistent with the Fourth Amendment. Id. at 60-61. The Court took note that since its most …

… S. Comm. on the Judiciary, Interview of Deputy Chief, Counterintelligence & Exp. Control Section, Just. Dep’t (Sept. 18, 2020) … 1 UNITED STATES SENATE 2 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY 3 WASHINGTON I D .C . 4 5 6 7 INTERVIEW …

… S. Comm. on the Judiciary, Interview of Case Agent 1 (Sept. 25, 2020) … 2 1 APPEARANCES 2 SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: 3 For the Majority: 4 ZACHARY N. SOMERS, ESQ. 5 Chief Investigative Counsel 6 7 ARTHUR RADFORD BAKER, …

… S. Comm. on the Judiciary, Interview of Supervisory Intel. Analyst (Oct. 29, 2020) … 2 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 [10:10 a.m.] 3 Mr. Somers. This is a transcribed interview of 4 . Chairman Graham requested this interview as …

… After Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty to one count of false statements in connection with the preparation of an application for renewal of a surveillance warrant for the FISC, the District Court granted Carter Page, the …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit D: Minimization Procedures Used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit C: Procedures Used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for Targeting Non-United States Persons Reasonably Believed to Be Located Outside the United States to Acquire Foreign Intelligence …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit I: Querying Procedures Used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit B: Minimization Procedures Used by the National Security Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit A, Procedures Used by the National Security Agency for Targeting Non-United States Persons Reasonably Believed to Be Located Outside the United States to Acquire Foreign Intelligence Information …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit H: Querying Procedures Used by the National Security Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act …

… William P. Barr, Exhibit E: Minimization Procedures Used by the Central Intelligence Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence …