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… Comprehensive (103 page) report recounts the history of FISA and subsequent amendment of the statute via the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act, the 2002 Homeland Security Act, the 2002 Intelligence Authorization Act, the Intelligence …

… Addresses recently-released public information about NSA collection programs and progress of related litigation, as well as statutory authorities regarding access by the government, for either foreign intelligence or law …

… Discusses alterations made to FISA by the PAA of 2007 and their potential impact on and parallels to existing law, as well as recent legislative developments. … ELIZABETH B. BAZAN, CONG. RES. SERV., RL34143, P.L. 110-55, …

… Identifies potential legal questions related to a range of Congressional proposals introduced post-§ 215 to alter FISC/FISCR: public advocates, amicus curiae, en banc panels, voting rules, selection of FISC/FISCR judges; …

… Considers the legal nature of the office of a public advocate, Article II’s Appointments Clause, and Article III restrictions. … ANDREW NOLAN ET AL., CONG. RES. SERV., R43260, REFORM OF THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE …

… Addresses host of bills designed to make procedural and operational changes to FISC including amicus curiae, en banc proceedings, voting rules requiring between 60 and 100% of the judges to concur. … ANDREW NOLAN & RICHARD …

… Denying EPIC’s motion for preliminary injunction. 15 F. Supp. 3d at 49. “[P]laintiff [EPIC] submitted a document request to defendant Department of Justice (“DOJ”) under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) seeking …

… “EPIC challenges the government's withholding of information in the SARs that pertains to summaries of FISC legal opinions, descriptions of the scope of the FISC's jurisdiction, and discussions of process improvements on …

… The Court denied cross-motions for summary judgment relating to a FOIA suit for FISA related material, including 25 semi-annual reports to Congress. The Court ordered further government declarations, a revised Vaughn …