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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, …

… Finding that the circumstances of the case fall within the applicable standard to install and use pen register/trap and trace devices. Order authorizing the installation and use of pen register and tap and trace devices …

… Responding to an application to establish an early warning system to alert the government to the presence of FPs/AFPs in the United States, noting that the new procedures “would enable the Government to direct electronic …

… Rejecting the definition of “facility” from the Jan. 10, 2007 foreign content order and finding that probable cause findings for selectors must be made by FISC, not the NSA. … Order and Memorandum Opinion, In re …

… Primary order requiring production to the National Security Agency of call detail records or "telephony metadata" created by [redacted]. … Primary Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an …

… Order granting the motion of the United States to unseal memo for the limited purpose of allowing the government to submit the document to various Senate and House intelligence committees. … Order, [REDACTED], No. BR …

… 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 …

… May 31 application to establish an early warning system to alert the government to the presence of FPs/AFPs in the United States. Discusses the facilities that would be subject to surveillance and the probable cause to …

… FISC Title I Primary Order [Date REDACTED], signed by Roger Vinson (so between May 4, 2006 and May 3, 2013) (content significantly redacted) … FISC Title I Primary Order Authorized for Public Release by ODNI TOP …