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… Date Redacted … Ordering the government to file a memo explaining the basis for its belief that the roving authority granted by the Court permitted the FBI to initiated (redacted). … Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED] …

… Date Redacted … Order authorizing the pen register and/or trap and trace surveillance. … Primary Order for Pen Register and Trap and Trace Device(s), [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00162 (FISA Ct.) (Hogan, J.) … b6 b7C …

… Date Redacted … Supplemental order asking the government to describe whether and to what extent technology that is now reasonably available to the government can distinguish between content and non-content post-cut-through …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted order and warrant authorizing unspecified electronic surveillance and physical search in the manner specifically described. … Primary Order and Warrant, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted order and warrant authorizing unspecified electronic surveillance and physical search. Secondary order to persons whose assistance is necessary in order to implement the authorities …

… Date Redacted … Supplemental order granting the government's authorized electronic surveillance. … Supplemental Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00148 (FISA Ct.) (Hogan, J.) … All withheld information exempt under …

… 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. §§1801-1812, §§1841-1846. … Primary Order for Pen Register and Trap and Trace Device(s), …

… 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. §§1801-1812, §§1841-1846. … Primary Order for Pen Register and Trap and Trace Device(s), …

… Finding that Movants have adequately established Article III standing to assert their claim of a qualified First Amendment right of public access to FISC judicial opinion; Particularly, Movants have demonstrated that the …

… Authorizing collection of all post-cut-through digits under a PR/TT order in the absence of reasonably available technology to distinguish between content and non-content DRAS, subject to a prohibition on the affirmative …

… Concluding that the Verified Application for Orders Requiring the Production of Call Detail Records meets the requirements of subsection (a) and (b) of §501 of FISA and minimization procedures submitted in accordance with …

… Opinion outlining the Court’s reasoning for finding that the 2015 Certifications contain the required statutory elements and the targeting and minimization procedures conducted pursuant to the 2015 Certifications comply …

… 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 …

… Approving §702 certifications Order approving §702 certifications subject to specific government reporting guidelines. … Memorandum Opinion and Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED]. GID.C.00106 (FISA Ct. Aug. 26, 2014) …

… 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, recognizing that continued NSA noncompliance problems …

… [Almost entirely consistent language and redactions to GID.C.00051 ( https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/1052745 ), but with some slight differences] Holding that the targeting and minimization …

… Bringing down the wall, overturning the FISA Ct. ruling, and allowing foreign intelligence searches to be used even when the primary purpose of the collection is a criminal investigation. … In re Sealed Case, 310 F.3d 717, …

… Date Redacted … Holding that the particular type of surveillance requested constitutes “electronic surveillance” as defined in FISA. … Memorandum Opinion, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00149 (FISA Ct.) (Hogan, J.) … …

… Date Redacted … Order and opinion finding that the government exceeded the scope of the authorization of the Court’s earlier opinion and conducted unauthorized surveillance. … Opinion and Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], …

… Order publishing the court’s decision and unsealing declassified, redacted documents concerning Yahoo! Inc. compliance with directives to assist in the authorized acquisition of foreign intelligence information. … Order, …

… Order certifying FISCR question of law as to whether 50 U.S. Section 1842 may authorize the government to obtain all post-cut-through digits, subject to a prohibition on the affirmative investigative use of any contents …

… Order appointing Amy Jeffress to serve as amicus curiae pursuant to 50 U.S.C. section 1803(i)(2)(B) to assist with analysis of the targeting and minimization procedures (2015 certifications). … Order Appointing an Amicus …

… 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 …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted order asking the government to address the scope of surveillance and apparent unauthorized electronic surveillance conducted. Order stipulated the government must explain why the …

… Order directing declassification of redacted memorandum opinion and primary order, and the publication of the documents on the FISC’s public website. … Order Directing Declassification of Redacted Memorandum Opinion and …

… Order granting Yahoo!’s motion to lift the stay of the Court’s review of redactions, and entering a scheduling order for the review of proposed redactions to the Court’s Memorandum Opinion and other documents. … Order, In …

… First issued on Dec. 23, 2014; January 5, 2015 version includes clerk filing stamp. … Order requiring the government to conduct a declassification review of documents. … Order Regarding Scope of Declassification Review, In …

… Order requesting a supplemental response from the government concerning proposed redactions. … Order, In re Directives Pursuant to Section 105B of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, No. 105B(g) 07-01, GID.C.00226 …

… Order establishing a schedule for the government to produce unclassified documents to Yahoo!, and for Yahoo! to file any motions addressing the public release of the documents. … Order, In re Directives Pursuant to Section …

… Order requiring the amicus appointed by court and the government to file briefs addressing the issue whether the minimization procedures meet the statutory definition and consistent with the Fourth Amendment. … Briefing …

… Date Redacted … Holding that NSA’s acquisition of [Redacted] constitutes unauthorized electronic surveillance because it failed to comply with 50 U.S.C. §§ 1804(a)(2) and (a)(3)(B). Order requiring the government to submit …

… 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 …

… The Court held that proposed FBI query procedures failed to comply with §702(f)(1)(B) insofar as they did not include a procedure whereby FBI personnel document, to the extent reasonably feasible, whether a particular …

… Finding that “the lower court property denied the motion for discovery” of FISA applications. 1990 WL 101946, at *3. … United States v. Brown, Nos. 89-5404 to 89-5407, 908 F.2d 968 (Table), 1990 WL 101946 (4th Cir. 1990). …

… Affirming “the district court’s denial of [defendant’s] motion to suppress or disclose evidence obtained through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”)” 535 F. App'x at 378. … United States v. Hasan, No. …

… Concluding that “the FISA warrant was supported by probable cause.” 751 F. App’x at 1000. Finding that “the government’s Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”) search and subsequent use of FISA-derived materials in …

… 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 …

… Plaintiffs seek injunctive and declaratory relief that bulk collection constates an unlawful search under the Fourth Amendment. 800 F.3d at 561. The Court reversed the lower court’s preliminary injunction (which was stayed …

… 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 …