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… June 27, 2018 U.S. Intelligence Community Elements: Establishment Provisions The concept of a U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) of Table 1 summarizes dates and directives for the integrated component departments and …

… Updated December 20, 2018 Defense Primer: National and Defense Intelligence The Intelligence Community is charged with providing Secretaries of Defense and State. National intelligence customers—or consumers—of …

… Updated December 20, 2018 Defense Primer: Intelligence Support to Military Operations The bulk of the Intelligence Community (IC), eight of 17 total elements, resides within the Department of Defense Intelligence Support …

… Mem. Op. and Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring Production of Tangible Things from [REDACTED], No. BR 13-158, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157765 (FISA Ct. Oct. 11, …

… Granting motion by the Center for National Security Studies to file an amicus brief on why §215 does not authorize bulk collection of telephony metadata records, and denying motions for reconsideration or en banc review, …

… Authorizing bulk metadata collection and agreeing with Judge Eagan’s July 2013 Mem. Op. in BR 13-109 that collection of bulk telephone metadata meets the §215 relevance standard and, under _Smith v. Maryland_, that the …

… Holding that the targeting and minimization procedures used in this case are consistent with the requirements of 50 U.S.C. §§1881a(d)-(e) and with the Fourth Amendment, noting government noncompliance in relation to …

… Holding that the minimization procedures for the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) and amendments to FBI procedures (which would permit the FBI to provide to NCTC information relating to international terrorism and …

… Holding §702 targeting and minimization procedures used in this case are consistent with the requirements of 50 U.S.C. §§1881a(d)-(e) and with the Fourth Amendment, noting that in 2008 the government reported …

… Holding §702 targeting and minimization procedures used in this case are consistent with the requirements of 50 U.S.C. §§1881a(d)-(e) and with the Fourth Amendment, referencing a Sept. 4, 2008 Memorandum Opinion and …

… Holding that the targeting and minimization procedures at issue are consistent with the 4th Amendment and the government is not require to obtain a warrant for acquisitions pursuant to the procedures in question. … …

… Denying ACLU’s motion (a) to be notified of the caption and briefing schedule for any proceedings under §702(i) in which the Court would consider legal questions relating to the scope, meaning, and constitutionality of the …

… Amendment to Primary Order removing redacted phrase but ordering that all other provisions of the Primary Order remain in force. … Amendment to Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an …

… Order granting government's request authorizing Section 702 targeting and minimization procedures. … Order, In re DNI/AG Certification [REDACTED], No. 702(i)-08-01, GID.C.00029 (FISA Ct. Sept. 4, 2008) (McLaughlin, J.) … …

… Order declining to treat the Center for National Security Studies’ letter as a Motion, and allowing the Center to re-submit its requests in the form of a Motion that complies with FISC rules. … Order, In re Application of …

… Order granting Center for National Security Studies’ Motion to file amicus curiae brief not to exceed 7000 words. … Order Granting Leave for Center for National Security Studies to File Brief of Amicus Curiae Not Exceeding …

… Order granting the government’s motion to extend the time limit of the court to issue orders concerning the DNI/AG 702(g) [Redacted] and the amendment to the minimization procedures to [Redacted] 2010 … Order, [REDACTED], …

… Order requiring the government to file a brief addressing issues arising from the government’s earlier Ex Parte Submission. … Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00246 (FISA Ct. 2010) (McLaughlin, J.) … All withheld …

… “FISA does not specifically prohibit surveillance and search of United States persons.” 15 F. Supp. at 1139. “FISA allows the use of evidence derived from FISA surveillance and searches in criminal prosecutions.” Id. at …

… FISA Title I FISC Primary Order [Date and Docket REDACTED] (NB: content almost entirely redacted), signed by Mary McLaughlin (so between May 19, 2008 and May 18, 2015) … FISA Title I FISC Primary Order Authorized for …