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… Judge Walton responded to Senator Leahy’s request for information regarding certain operations and procedures of the FISC. Judge Walton provided descriptions ofthe process by which the Court reviews applications from the …

… Identical to the letter dated July 29, 2013, sent to Senator Leahy. … Letter from Reggie B. Walton, Presiding Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, to Charles E. Grassley, Ranking Member, Senate Comm. on the …

… Judge Walton authored a follow-up to his July 29, 2013 letter to Senator Grassley, in which he referenced his previous explanation of the process by which the FISC interacts with the executive branch while processing …

… Identical to the letter dated Oct. 11, 2013, sent to Senator Leahy. … Letter from Reggie B. Walton, Presiding Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, to Charles E. Grassley, Ranking Member, Senate Comm. on the …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… Granting the motion of the plaintiffs in _Jewel v. NSA_ and _First Unitarian Church v. NSA_ for leave to correct the record, and ordering the government to make a filing explaining its failure to notify FISC of the March …

… 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 …

… Granting Mar. 11, 2014 motion for temporary relief from five-year data destruction rule pending resolution of preservation issues raised in _Jewel v. NSA_ and _First Unitarian Church v. NSA_. … Opinion and Order, In re …

… Denying government motion for a second amendment to the Jan. 3, 2014 primary order approving §215 collection, seeking to retain telephony metadata beyond five years for purposes of pending civil litigation. … Opinion and …

… 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 …

… Holding that the Nov. 15, 2013 amended minimization procedures are consistent with the requirements of 50 U.S.C. § 1881a(d)-(e) and the Fourth Amendment. Order approving the minimization procedures pursuant to …

… Holding that the certifications included as part of the July 31, 2012 submission contain the required statutory elements and that the targeting and minimization procedures adopted for use in connection with those …

… Finding that contrary to the Government’s argument in District Court, that FISC rules prevent the District Court from ordering disclosure of a FISC opinion if it is found to be subject to FOIA, the District Court has the …

… Noting noncompliance of NSA sharing of information requirements (NSA had created an email distribution list with 189 analysts, only 53 of whom had the adequate training and guidance and to whom BR metadata query results …

… 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 …

… Concluding that call detail records are subject to production under 50 U.S.C.§1861, addressing tension with 18 U.S.C.§§2702-2703 (relevant provisions of Electronic Communications Privacy Act) … Supplemental Opinion, In re …

… Holding that the court retained jurisdiction despite the lapse of the PAA, that the directives served on Yahoo! met the PAA statutory requirements and the Fourth Amendment, and that service providers can bring Fourth …

… 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 …

… Granting government’s motion to amend primary order to require the government to obtain the Court’s permission to use specific selection terms (or “seeds”) to query BR metadata. … Order Granting the Government’s Motion to …

… Order declassifying the Primary Order and Memo from Docket BR 13-158 from October 15, 2013. … Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things, No. BR …

… Order asking the government to conduct a declassification review of the Primary Order and Memorandum issued on October 11, 2013 for Docket BR 13-158. … Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an …

… Primary order granting application pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1861 of call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by [redacted]. … Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order …

… Date Redacted … Supplemental Order in light of potential non-compliance with preliminary court order restricting government access to the information past redacted date. … Supplemental Order, [REDACTED], No. PR/TT …

… Primary order granting application pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1861 of call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by [redacted]. … Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order …

… Order compelling representatives of the NSA and NSD to appear for a hearing in light of potential violations by the NSA of the provisions of the Court's September 3, 200 Order. … Order Regarding Further Compliance …

… Primary order granting application pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1861 of call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by [redacted]. … Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order …

… Primary order granting application pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1861 of call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by [redacted]. … Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order …

… Originally issued Sept. 10, 2013; also Nov. 18, 2013 with different redactions; Mar. 14, 2014 with different redactions … Redacted order involving potential violation of the Court's order and the NSA's minimization and …

… Primary order granting application pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1861 of call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by [redacted]. … Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order …

… Primary order granting application pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1861 of call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by [redacted]. … Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order …

… Primary order granting application pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1861 of call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by [redacted]. … Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order …

… Primary order granting application pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1861 of call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by [redacted]. … Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order …

… Date Redacted … Supplemental order directing government to provide additional information and other steps in reference to renewal of authority and concerns about use of PR/TTT metadata exceeding the scope of the authority …

… Primary order granting application pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1861 of call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by [redacted]. … Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order …

… Primary order granting application pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1861 of call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by [redacted]. … Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order …

… Order allowing NSA to continue to acquire call detail records of telephony metadata created by [redacted], but prohibiting the government from accessing BR meta data described in the opinion [redacted]. … Order, In re …