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… Discusses extension of three FISA-related provisions: USA PATRIOT Act Section 206 (amending FISA to permit roving wiretaps); USA PATRIOT Act § 215 (tangible goods); and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act …

… Discusses controversial aspects of the USA PATRIOT Act and exploring the arguments that undergirded support for and opposition to the measures. … EDWARD C. LIU & CHARLES DOYLE, CONG. RES. SERV., R40980, GOVERNMENT …

… Describes § 215 bulk telephony metadata program and § 702 interception of Internet-based communications targeted at foreigners underseas that inadvertently acquires U.S. persons’ communications. Addresses constitutional …

… Discussing H.R. 5949 (which extended Title VII of FISA until Dec. 31, 2017), and addressing the contours of Title VII, as well as the subsequent litigation. … EDWARD C. LIU, CONG. RES. SERV., R42725, REAUTHORIZATION OF THE …

… Edward Liu discusses the use and implementation of § 702. Specifically, the scope of acquisitions, certifications procedures, exigent circumstances, and constitutional challenges. … EDWARD C. LIU, CONG. RES. SERV., R44457, …

… Granting DOJ’s motion for summary judgment in action by Gizmodo to compel production of records related to alleged wiretaps of 2016 Trump Campaign on grounds that the Government, through Trump’s tweets, had publicly …

… EFF requested disclosure of further redactions of GID.C.00073. The Court held that the released document was properly redacted under FOIA exemption protecting records classified pursuant to executive order. View document: …

… Plaintiff submitted a four-part FOIA request to six intelligence agencies requesting procedures the agencies must follow in regard to unmasking and upstreaming. The agencies each provided Glomar responses for parts 2 and 3 …