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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) …

… Finding it unnecessary to appoint an amicus curiae as the question before the court is a matter of statutory interpretation for which “only a single reasonable or rational outcome” exists; and determining that the USA …

… Ordering declassification of a redacted version of the Feb. 19, 2013 FISC opinion in No. BR-25 and finding that the second redaction proposal passes muster. … Opinion and Order Directing Declassification of Redacted …

… Ruling on ACLU motion to release FISC opinions: motion denied with respect to records that are part of ongoing FOIA litigation; government ordered to conduct declassification review of other opinions. … Opinion and Order, …

… 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 …

… 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 granting the government’s motion for stay of further proceedings, ordering a declassification review of an opinion evaluating Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, and ordering the government to submit a proposed …

… Order directing the government to submit a detailed explanation of its conclusion that a FISC opinion on Section 215 of the Patriot Act is classified in full and cannot be made public, even in redacted form. … Order, In re …

… Order amending the briefing schedule and extending the deadline for the government to respond to Google’s Motion, and for Google to reply. … Order, In re Motion for Declaratory Judgment of a First Amendment Right to …

… Opinion and order granting Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic’s Motion for Reconsideration of dismissal for lack of Article III standing, which the government did not oppose, and reinstating MFIAC as a party to …

… 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 …

… Denying defendant’s motion for disclosure of FISA materials. 521 F. Supp. 2d at 130. Minimization procedures required by FISA do not apply to defendants who are not “unconsenting United States persons” and thus do not …

… FISA Section 702(m) Semiannual Assessment Authorized for Public Release by ODNI TOP SECRET//SI//NOFORN (U) SEMIANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION 702 OF THE FOREIGN …

… 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 …