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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 … Order authorizing the government installation and use of pen register and trap and trace devices, with no geographic limits or restrictions within the United States. … Order, [REDACTED], No. REDACTED, …

… Directing the government to destroy information obtained by unauthorized electronic surveillance. … Opinion and Order Requiring Destruction of Information Obtained by Unauthorized Electronic Surveillance, [REDACTED], Nos. …

… Ordering the government to submit further information regarding its proposed retention and use of the results of unauthorized surveillance. … Opinion and Order Regarding Fruits of Unauthorized Electronic Surveillance, …

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

… “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 …