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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, …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted order and warrant authorizing unspecified electronic surveillance. Secondary order to persons whose assistance is necessary in order to implement the authorities approved herein. … Primary …

… Date Redacted … Government application requesting authorization for electronic surveillance and physical search. Court’s conclusion is redacted. … Memorandum Opinion, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00139 (FISA Ct.) …

… Supplemental order requiring the NSA to submit in designated reports a discussion of NSA consideration and implementation of purging credit card information produced by [redacted]. … Supplemental Order, In re Application …

… 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 …

… “FISA contains both a notice clause as well as an exclusionary procedure for illegally seized electronic surveillance” but “[t]he telling absence of grand juries from Section 1806(c) allows the government to introduce FISA …

… Holding that the FISA statute meets Fourth amendment constitutional requirements. 835 F.2d at 1075. The Court further found that the application for surveillance was made properly, with the primary purpose being to gather …