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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 …

… Trial judge “failed to make[] the additional determination, based on full access to all classified materials and the defense's proffer of its version of events, of whether it's possible to determine the validity of the …

… Finding that “FISA applications [were] free of any procedural defects.” 761 F. 3d at 681. Finding that “FISA applications contain ample evidence to support a finding of probable cause.” Id. View document: …

… Concluding “disclosure of the FISA materials to defendants not warranted in this case.” 447 F. Supp. 2d at 547. “FISC had ample probable cause to believe that the targets were agents of a foreign power quite apart from …

… Operator of user-edited online encyclopedia brought action against National Security Agency (NSA), challenging legality of NSA's Upstream surveillance program, which collected foreign individuals' international Internet …