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… Judge Kollar-Kotelly responded to Senators Leahy, Specter, and Grassley’s request for access to copies of an unclassified Memorandum Opinion and two Orders of the FISC ; Judge Kollar-Kotelly granted the request and stated …

… Judge Collyer sent a letter to Senator Wyden regarding the FISC’s use of technical advisors, and detailed the FISC’songoing efforts to locate and assess suitable technical advisors to serve as amici curiae pursuant to the …

… Judge Collyer responded to a request from Chairman Nunes for access to transcripts of certain FISC hearings, and explained that his request for documents related to specific FISA applications was novel and required the …

… Judge Collyer responded to a request from Chairman Goodlatte for access to certain documents, which the Chairman simultaneously requested from the executive branch. Judge Collyer noted the novelty of the request for …

… Date Redacted … Supplemental order from the Court directing the government to not make affirmative investigated use, through pen register authorization, of post-cut-through digits that do not constitute call dialing, …

… Date Redacted … Opinion authorizing the pen register and/or trap and trace surveillance. … Opinion, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00159 (FISA Ct.) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.) … FBI INFO. CLASSIFIED BV:| ] b6 RI 5OH: …

… Date Redacted … Order authorizing the pen register and/or trap and trace surveillance. … Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00158 (FISA Ct.) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.) … FBI INFO. ______________ CLASSIFIED BY: …

… Date Redacted … Order authorizing the pen register and/or trap and trace surveillance. … Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00157 (FISA Ct.) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.) … iBI IHFO. CLASSIFIED BY:| b6 REASON: 1.4 (2) b7C …

… Date Redacted … Order authorizing the United States to conduct electronic surveillance. … Order Authorizing Electronic Surveillance, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00167 (FISA Ct.) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.) … FBI INFO. …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted order authorizing unspecified electronic surveillance. … Primary Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED] (FISA Ct.),GID.C.00163 (Kollar-Kotelly, J.) … fbi i: CLASS IED BY: NSICGI b6 1.4 (C) — b7C …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted supplemental order seemingly rejecting the government's request as to some aspect of the scope of the requested surveillance. … Supplemental Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED] (FISA Ct.), …

… Date Redacted … Redacted supplemental order granting the surveillance authorities requested by the government. … Supplemental Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00144 (FISA Ct.) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.) … All withheld …

… Order responding to July 19, 2006 decision denying government application to acquire post-cut-through digits in a criminal investigation, expressly rejecting the government's argument that 18 U.S.C. Section 3121(c) …

… Mem. Op. and Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED] (FISA Ct. Apr. 26, 2017). … ets | United Statas Foreign intelligence Surveillance Comt = — | tent 4 | | APR 26 207 LeeAnn Flynn Hall, Clerk of Court FOP SECRETYSH/OREON/NOFORN …

… Holding that 2016 certifications, as amended by 2017 amendments, comply with 50 U.S.C. §§1881a(d)-(e) and are consistent with the Fourth Amendment. Order finding that the 2016 and 2017 certifications contain all statutory …

… The Court dismissed for lack of jurisdiction the motion of the ACLU, and Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic due to lack of standing (insufficient showing of injury in fact). Dismissing motion of ACLU and Media …

… Granting government motion to amend the standard minimization procedures for the purpose of disseminating information to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) for a law enforcement purpose, and to …

… Declining a petition filed by [REDACTED] “to vacate, modify, or reaffirm” a Jan. 3, 2014 production order. … Opinion and Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring Production of …

… Denying motion for disclosure of prior FISC decisions on the grounds that “neither FISA nor the …[FISC] Rules of Procedure…require, or provide for discretionary, disclosure of the Requested Opinions in the circumstances of …

… Holding that the 2014 Directives meet the requirements of §702 and are otherwise lawful, including inter alia, that they are consistent with the Fourth Amendment as there is no “distinctive or heightened risk of the …

… Order denying Thomas C. Goldstein’s motion for “appointment as amicus curiae and for leave to file an amicus curiae brief to assist the Court in deciding whether the appointment of Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney …

… Considering DNI/AG certification related to Yahoo! PRISM case under a “clearly erroneous” standard of review; focuses on the PAA. … Memorandum Opinion and Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00023 (FISA Ct. Jan. 15, …

… Date Redacted … Holding bulk Internet metadata collection is consistent with 50 U.S.C. §§1841-1846, that the restrictions on retention, accessing, use, and dissemination of the information satisfies the requirements of 50 …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted; appears to be reporting noncompliance (“For the first time, on the evening of [REDACTED] [DOJ] orally informed this Judge that for weeks [REDACTED].” *2.* Also notes “The Court is without …

… Court order that Movants file a brief setting forth the basis for their assertion of FISC subject matter jurisdiction over their claim; Order directing Professor Laura Donohue serve as amicus curiae; Order directing the …

… Ordering certification of question as to whether Movants adequately established Article III standing to assert their claim of a qualified First Amendment right of public access to FISC judicial opinions. … Certification of …

… Order denying motion for leave to appear as Amicus Curiae by the Landmark Legal Foundation (finding the appearance would be improper). … Order, In re Unknown Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Orders, Not Docketed, …

… After a majority of Judges voted in favor of en banc reconsideration with respect to the constitutional standing of the matter before the court, an order that Movants and the United States submit briefs with respect to …

… Order granting extension for review of the 2016 Certifications to give time for the government to complete the review as consistent with national security. … Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00126 (FISA Ct. Oct. …

… Order unsealing the declassified documents for Docket Number: BR 14-01, _In Re Application of the FBI for An Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things_ … Order Regarding Unsealing and Publication, In re Application …

… Order compelling the government to submit a memo detailing why the petitioner's identity as recipient of the production order would constitute national security information and the basis for redaction of other words in the …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… Order related to court memorandum opinion finding procedures adopted by the Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence under 50 U.S. §1805b(a)(1) meet the applicable review for clear error. … Order, [REDACTED], …

… Amendment to May 3 order seeking production of telephony metadata for the purpose of querying the metadata archive of [redacted] granted by the court pursuant to 50 U.S. §1861. … Amendment to Order for Purposes of Querying …

… Order granting government's motion to use modified supplementary minimization procedures in existing captioned electronic surveillances and physical searches for [Redacted]. … Order, In re Electronic Surveillance and …

… Order establishing a Petition challenging a production order was not frivolous, and establishing a schedule for the government to respond. … Scheduling Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an …

… Order granting the ACLU’s Motion for a briefing schedule, and setting filing dates. … Scheduling Order, In re Opinions & Orders of this Court Containing Novel or Significant Interpretations of Law, No. Misc. 16-01, …

… Order amending the briefing schedule for a Motion for release of court records. … Amended Scheduling Order, In re Opinions & Orders of this Court Containing Novel or Significant Interpretations of Law, No. Misc. 16-01, …

… Order requesting parties meet and confer on whether to stay the case. … Order, In re Opinions & Orders of this Court Containing Novel or Significant Interpretations of Law, No. Misc. 16-01, GID.C.00230 (FISA Ct. Mar. 27, …

… Order granting in part a Motion to modify the scheduling order and setting a new briefing schedule. … Order Granting in Part the Movants’ Request to Modify the Scheduling Order, In re Opinions & Orders of this Court …

… Order Permitting the FBI to continue provide to the CIA and NSA unminimized information obtained from searches and surveillances of terrorist targets under FISA, as set forth in the court’s 2002 order. … Order, In re Elec. …

… Begins on CR 0344 … Holding that the court retained jurisdiction to review government procedures in authorizing the acquisition of foreign intelligence information despite the lapse of the PAA; and the NSA and FBI …

… The Court responds to reports that the FBI provided false information to the National Security Division (NSD) of the DOJ, and withheld information from NSD which was detrimental to the FBI’s case in connection with four …

… The Court previously received a Rule 13(a) preliminary and supplemental letter from the government which stated previous submissions to the Court regarding applications targeting Carter W. Page included misstatements or …

… Pursuant to Rule 62(a) of the FISC Rules of Procedures, the Court orders that the Dec. 5th, 2019 order in Misc. 19-02 be published to the Court’s website. … Order of Publication, In re Accuracy Concerns Regarding FBI …

… Dismissing plaintiff’s claim “alleging a violation of FISA.” 2016 WL 3982450, at *8. … Gill v. DOJ, No. 15-824 (RMC), 2016 WL 3982450 (D.D.C. July 22, 2016). … Case 1:15-cv-00824-RMC Document 17 Filed 07/22/16 Page 1 of 17 …

… Holding that “(1) [the Court] has subject matter jurisdiction over the Motion for the Release of Court Records; and (2) the First Amendment does not confer a qualified right of public access to the material sought by the …

… Denying the ACLU’s and the Media Freedom and Information Clinic’s motion for the release of court records … Order, In re Opinions & Orders of this Court Addressing Bulk Collection of Data Under the Foreign Intelligence …

… Denying the ACLU’s and the Media Freedom and Information Clinic’s motion for the release of court records. Denying the Motion to Consolidate Docket Nos. Misc. 13-08 & 16-01. … Order, In re Opinions & Orders of this Court …