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… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… Order amending Rule 15(d) of the Rules of Procedure of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review changing the requirements and format of amicus curiae submitted to the court. … Order, Order …

… Granting motion from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for leave to file an additional brief as amicus curiae in support of movants. … Order, In re Certification of Questions of Law to the Foreign …

… Directing parties to the proceeding to file supplemental briefs, and appointing Professor Laura Donohue to serve as amicus curiae. … Order, In re Certification of Questions of Law to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance …

… 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 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 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 …

… FISC Title I Primary Order [Date REDACTED], signed by Roger Vinson (so between May 4, 2006 and May 3, 2013) (content significantly redacted) … FISC Title I Primary Order Authorized for Public Release by ODNI TOP …