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… Judge Walton responded to Senator Leahy’s request for information regarding certain operations and procedures of the FISC. Judge Walton provided descriptions ofthe process by which the Court reviews applications from the …

… Identical to the letter dated July 29, 2013, sent to Senator Leahy. … Letter from Reggie B. Walton, Presiding Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, to Charles E. Grassley, Ranking Member, Senate Comm. on the …

… Judge Walton authored a follow-up to his July 29, 2013 letter to Senator Grassley, in which he referenced his previous explanation of the process by which the FISC interacts with the executive branch while processing …

… Identical to the letter dated Oct. 11, 2013, sent to Senator Leahy. … Letter from Reggie B. Walton, Presiding Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, to Charles E. Grassley, Ranking Member, Senate Comm. on the …

… 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.) …

… Granting the motion of the plaintiffs in _Jewel v. NSA_ and _First Unitarian Church v. NSA_ for leave to correct the record, and ordering the government to make a filing explaining its failure to notify FISC of the March …

… Granting Mar. 11, 2014 motion for temporary relief from five-year data destruction rule pending resolution of preservation issues raised in _Jewel v. NSA_ and _First Unitarian Church v. NSA_. … Opinion and Order, In re …

… Denying government motion for a second amendment to the Jan. 3, 2014 primary order approving §215 collection, seeking to retain telephony metadata beyond five years for purposes of pending civil litigation. … Opinion and …

… Holding that the Nov. 15, 2013 amended minimization procedures are consistent with the requirements of 50 U.S.C. § 1881a(d)-(e) and the Fourth Amendment. Order approving the minimization procedures pursuant to …

… Holding that the certifications included as part of the July 31, 2012 submission contain the required statutory elements and that the targeting and minimization procedures adopted for use in connection with those …

… Finding that contrary to the Government’s argument in District Court, that FISC rules prevent the District Court from ordering disclosure of a FISC opinion if it is found to be subject to FOIA, the District Court has the …

… 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 …

… Noting noncompliance of NSA sharing of information requirements (NSA had created an email distribution list with 189 analysts, only 53 of whom had the adequate training and guidance and to whom BR metadata query results …

… Concluding that call detail records are subject to production under 50 U.S.C.§1861, addressing tension with 18 U.S.C.§§2702-2703 (relevant provisions of Electronic Communications Privacy Act) … Supplemental Opinion, In re …

… 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 …

… Holding that the court retained jurisdiction despite the lapse of the PAA, that the directives served on Yahoo! met the PAA statutory requirements and the Fourth Amendment, and that service providers can bring Fourth …

… 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 …

… Granting government’s motion to amend primary order to require the government to obtain the Court’s permission to use specific selection terms (or “seeds”) to query BR metadata. … Order Granting the Government’s Motion to …

… Order declassifying the Primary Order and Memo from Docket BR 13-158 from October 15, 2013. … Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things, No. BR …

… Order asking the government to conduct a declassification review of the Primary Order and Memorandum issued on October 11, 2013 for Docket BR 13-158. … Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an …

… 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 …

… 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 … Supplemental Order in light of potential non-compliance with preliminary court order restricting government access to the information past redacted date. … Supplemental Order, [REDACTED], No. PR/TT …

… 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 compelling representatives of the NSA and NSD to appear for a hearing in light of potential violations by the NSA of the provisions of the Court's September 3, 200 Order. … Order Regarding Further Compliance …

… 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 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 …

… Originally issued Sept. 10, 2013; also Nov. 18, 2013 with different redactions; Mar. 14, 2014 with different redactions … Redacted order involving potential violation of the Court's order and the NSA's minimization and …