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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 “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 …

… 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 that the circumstances of the case fall within the applicable standard to install and use pen register/trap and trace devices. Order authorizing the installation and use of pen register and tap and trace devices …

… 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 …

… Responding to an application to establish an early warning system to alert the government to the presence of FPs/AFPs in the United States, noting that the new procedures “would enable the Government to direct electronic …

… Rejecting the definition of “facility” from the Jan. 10, 2007 foreign content order and finding that probable cause findings for selectors must be made by FISC, not the NSA. … Order and Memorandum Opinion, In re …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… Primary order requiring production to the National Security Agency of call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by [redacted]. … Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an …

… 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 …

… Order granting the motion of the United States to unseal memo for the limited purpose of allowing the government to submit the document to various Senate and House intelligence committees. … Order, [REDACTED], No. BR …

… 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 …

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

… May 31 application to establish an early warning system to alert the government to the presence of FPs/AFPs in the United States. Discusses the facilities that would be subject to surveillance and the probable cause 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …