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… Judge Kollar-Kotelly responded to Senators Leahy, Specter, and Grassley’s request for access to copies of an unclassified Memorandum Opinion and two Orders of the FISC ; Judge Kollar-Kotelly granted the request and stated …

… Date Redacted … Supplemental order from the Court directing the government to not make affirmative investigated use, through pen register authorization, of post-cut-through digits that do not constitute call dialing, …

… Date Redacted … Opinion authorizing the pen register and/or trap and trace surveillance. … Opinion, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00159 (FISA Ct.) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.) … FBI INFO. CLASSIFIED BV:| ] b6 RI 5OH: …

… Date Redacted … Order authorizing the pen register and/or trap and trace surveillance. … Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00158 (FISA Ct.) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.) … FBI INFO. ______________ CLASSIFIED BY: …

… Date Redacted … Order authorizing the pen register and/or trap and trace surveillance. … Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00157 (FISA Ct.) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.) … iBI IHFO. CLASSIFIED BY:| b6 REASON: 1.4 (2) b7C …

… Date Redacted … Order authorizing the United States to conduct electronic surveillance. … Order Authorizing Electronic Surveillance, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00167 (FISA Ct.) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.) … FBI INFO. …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted order authorizing unspecified electronic surveillance. … Primary Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED] (FISA Ct.),GID.C.00163 (Kollar-Kotelly, J.) … fbi i: CLASS IED BY: NSICGI b6 1.4 (C) — b7C …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted supplemental order seemingly rejecting the government's request as to some aspect of the scope of the requested surveillance. … Supplemental Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED] (FISA Ct.), …

… Date Redacted … Redacted supplemental order granting the surveillance authorities requested by the government. … Supplemental Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00144 (FISA Ct.) (Kollar-Kotelly, J.) … All withheld …

… Order responding to July 19, 2006 decision denying government application to acquire post-cut-through digits in a criminal investigation, expressly rejecting the government's argument that 18 U.S.C. Section 3121(c) …

… 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 …

… Considering DNI/AG certification related to Yahoo! PRISM case under a “clearly erroneous” standard of review; focuses on the PAA. … Memorandum Opinion and Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00023 (FISA Ct. Jan. 15, …

… Date Redacted … Holding bulk Internet metadata collection is consistent with 50 U.S.C. §§1841-1846, that the restrictions on retention, accessing, use, and dissemination of the information satisfies the requirements of 50 …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted; appears to be reporting noncompliance (“For the first time, on the evening of [REDACTED] [DOJ] orally informed this Judge that for weeks [REDACTED].” *2.* Also notes “The Court is without …

… 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.) … …

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

… Order related to court memorandum opinion finding procedures adopted by the Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence under 50 U.S. §1805b(a)(1) meet the applicable review for clear error. … Order, [REDACTED], …

… Amendment to May 3 order seeking production of telephony metadata for the purpose of querying the metadata archive of [redacted] granted by the court pursuant to 50 U.S. §1861. … Amendment to Order for Purposes of Querying …

… Order granting government's motion to use modified supplementary minimization procedures in existing captioned electronic surveillances and physical searches for [Redacted]. … Order, In re Electronic Surveillance and …

… 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 Permitting the FBI to continue provide to the CIA and NSA unminimized information obtained from searches and surveillances of terrorist targets under FISA, as set forth in the court’s 2002 order. … Order, In re Elec. …

… Begins on CR 0344 … Holding that the court retained jurisdiction to review government procedures in authorizing the acquisition of foreign intelligence information despite the lapse of the PAA; and the NSA and FBI …

… 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 …

… PCLO, FBI, Protections for United States Person Information Acquired Pursuant to Title I and Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Nov. 2017) … Federal Bureau of Investigation Privacy & Civil Liberties …

… On Oct. 2, 2008, the government filed a motion to amend previous Orders and Warrants of the FISC to incorporate amendments to the FBI standard ELSUR and Physical Search minimization procedures. The amendments authorized …

… 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 …