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… Finding it unnecessary to appoint an amicus curiae as the question before the court is a matter of statutory interpretation for which “only a single reasonable or rational outcome” exists; and determining that the USA …

… Ordering declassification of a redacted version of the Feb. 19, 2013 FISC opinion in No. BR-25 and finding that the second redaction proposal passes muster. … Opinion and Order Directing Declassification of Redacted …

… Ruling on ACLU motion to release FISC opinions: motion denied with respect to records that are part of ongoing FOIA litigation; government ordered to conduct declassification review of other opinions. … Opinion and Order, …

… Granting the application for bulk telephony metadata collection, holding that “ _Smith v. Maryland_ compels the conclusion that there is no Fourth Amendment impediment to the collection,” comparing §215 to the Stored …

… Order granting the government’s motion for stay of further proceedings, ordering a declassification review of an opinion evaluating Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, and ordering the government to submit a proposed …

… Order directing the government to submit a detailed explanation of its conclusion that a FISC opinion on Section 215 of the Patriot Act is classified in full and cannot be made public, even in redacted form. … Order, In re …

… Order amending the briefing schedule and extending the deadline for the government to respond to Google’s Motion, and for Google to reply. … Order, In re Motion for Declaratory Judgment of a First Amendment Right to …

… Ordering an Amended Memorandum Opinion to fix footnote numbering in original Opinion. … Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring Production of Tangible Things from [REDACTED], …

… Order consolidating the briefing schedules in matters 13-03, 13-04, 13-05, 13-06, and 13-07, allowing the government to file a single response to the Motions for declaratory judgment by Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, …

… Opinion and order granting Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic’s Motion for Reconsideration of dismissal for lack of Article III standing, which the government did not oppose, and reinstating MFIAC as a party to …

… Date Redacted … Order issuing an Amended Memorandum Opinion solely for the purpose of correcting the numbering of the footnotes of the Memorandum Opinion. … Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00249 (FISA Ct.) (Eagan, …

… Denying defendant’s motion for disclosure of FISA materials. 521 F. Supp. 2d at 130. Minimization procedures required by FISA do not apply to defendants who are not “unconsenting United States persons” and thus do not …

… Finding that “[d]isclosure of the contents of the FISA material would harm the national security because it would reveal the capabilities and techniques of surveillance, the sources and methods used to counter …