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… Finding that Movants have adequately established Article III standing to assert their claim of a qualified First Amendment right of public access to FISC judicial opinion; Particularly, Movants have demonstrated that the …

… Authorizing collection of all post-cut-through digits under a PR/TT order in the absence of reasonably available technology to distinguish between content and non-content DRAS, subject to a prohibition on the affirmative …

… FISCR holding that petitioner easily exceeded the threshold for standing, determining that the directives issued to communications service providers under the PAA, requiring production of customers’ data, were consistent …

… Bringing down the wall, overturning the FISA Ct. ruling, and allowing foreign intelligence searches to be used even when the primary purpose of the collection is a criminal investigation. … In re Sealed Case, 310 F.3d 717, …

… Order amending Rule 15(d) of the Rules of Procedure of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review changing the requirements and format of amicus curiae submitted to the court. … Order, Order …

… Granting motion from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for leave to file an additional brief as amicus curiae in support of movants. … Order, In re Certification of Questions of Law to the Foreign …

… Directing parties to the proceeding to file supplemental briefs, and appointing Professor Laura Donohue to serve as amicus curiae. … Order, In re Certification of Questions of Law to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance …

… “Evidence obtained pursuant to FISA warrants was properly admitted into evidence against defendant because FISA was not rendered unconstitutional by a PATRIOT Act amendment that allows surveillance warrants to issue upon …

… Judicial review of telephone metadata program is not precluded by FISA. See 785 F. 3d at 805. Telephone metadata program was not authorized by text of section 215. Id. at 821. View document: …

… Granting summary judgment for government, holding in FOIA action that OLC memo analyzing legality of electronic surveillance program was covered by client-attorney privilege. View document: …

… FOR CLASSIFIED INFORMATION ALL INDIVIDUALS HANDLING THIS INFORMATION ARE REQUIRED TO PROTECT IT FROM UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE IN THE INTEREST OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES. HANDUNG, STORAGE, REPRODUCTION AND …

… The Court held that proposed FBI query procedures failed to comply with §702(f)(1)(B) insofar as they did not include a procedure whereby FBI personnel document, to the extent reasonably feasible, whether a particular …

… Finding that “FISA does not completely preempt plaintiffs' state law claims.” 483 F. Supp. 2d at 940. View document: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=12836154213984084203&q=483… … In re NSA Telecomm. Records …

… “FISA preempts or displaces the state secrets privilege” in this case. 564 F. Supp. 2d. at 1124. “To proceed with their FISA claim, plaintiffs must present to the court enough specifics based on non-classified evidence to …

… Finding that “plaintiffs [] alleged enough to plead “aggrieved person” status so as to proceed to the next step in proceedings under [FISA].” 595 F. Supp. 2d at 1086. View document: …

… Finding that “section 803 [of the FISA Amendments Act] does not violate the Tenth Amendment.” 630 F. Supp. 2d at 1102. View document: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2074081794773837532&q=630+… … In re NSA …

… Finding that “FISA preempts the common law doctrine of the state secrets privilege.” 965 F. Supp. 2d at 1105. Also finding that defendants did not “[waive] sovereign immunity to sue for damages.” See id. at 1106–07. View …

… Held agencies did not waive right to assert Glomar responses, adequately substantiated cognizable harm under FOIA exemption, conducted adequate search, and properly redacted/withheld information and determining in camera …

… Plaintiff made FOIA request for “all decisions, orders, or opinions issued by FISC or FISCR between 1978 and June 1, 2015, that include a significant construction or interpretation of any law, including a significant …

… Granting Government motion for summary judgment in FOIA suit, denying plaintiffs information about notice of FISA surveillance/definition of “derived from.” On grounds they are covered by attorney-client privilege. … ACLU …

… “DOJ has established a proper basis for withholding, in full, the FISC orders and opinions at issue, and for withholding all names of telecommunications providers participating in the Call Records Collection Program, under …

… Denying defendant’s “motion to suppress” and for “disclosure of orders, applications, and related materials under [FISA];” also denying “motion for notice of and discovery about the use of surveillance pursuant to the FISA …

… Granting Government motion for summary judgment in FOIA suit, denying plaintiffs information about notice of FISA surveillance/definition of “derived from.” On grounds they are covered by attorney-client privilege. … ACLU …

… American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia, and the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic (Movants) filed a Petition for Review seeking to appeal to the order …

… The Court ordered the movant, ACLU, to show cause why the FISCR has authority to entertain a petition for review, seeking an appeal to the order in GID.C.000285 dismissing their motion for records for lack of jurisdiction, …

… The Court, after extensive in camera review of the classified materials and public evidence, “finds that making any particularized determination on standing in order to continue the litigation may imperil the national …

… The Court declined to entertain the ACLU’s petition to revisit the Court’s decision in GID.CA.00013, holding that it "is unpersuaded that the Movant has shown cause as to why this Court has jurisdiction to consider its …

… View document: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10444956725688475915&q=549… … John Doe, Inc. v. Mukasey, 549 F.3d 861 (2d Cir. 2008) … John Doe, Inc. v. …

… View document: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14625398451423247357&q=930… … In re Nat’l Sec. Letter, 930 F. Supp. 2d 1064 (N.D. Cal. 2013) … In re Nat'l Sec. …

… Begins after Verified Application … The Court authorized the United States to conduct electronic surveillance and physical search of the target. The authorization regarding Carter W. Page expires on Jan. 13, 2017. … …

… Before the Court was a petition by Movants to reconsider the lower court’s opinion rejecting the claim that the withholding of redacted, non-public material classified by the Executive Branch violates the Movants' First …

… The Court finds no merit in the defendants’ contention that FISA is either unconstitutionally broad, violates probable cause requirements of the Fourth Amendment, or deprives nonresident aliens of equal protection of the …

… The Court granted the movants’ motion to extend time to file their brief to April 9, 2020. The government’s responsive brief is due April 13, 2020. … Order, In re Opinions & Orders by the FISC Addressing Bulk Collection of …

… The Court granted the movants’ motion to extend time to file their brief to April 17, 2020. The government’s responsive brief is due April 22, 2020. … Order, In re Opinions & Orders by the FISC Addressing Bulk Collection …

… Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Court granted the movants relief to the requirement to submit bound paper copies of the brief with colored covers in accordance with Rule 14(d) of the Court’s Rules of Procedure. … …

… Holding that: 1) “‘incidental collection’ of communications (that is, the collection of the communications of individuals in the United States acquired in the course of the surveillance of individuals without ties to the …