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… 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 …

… Approving new minimization procedures, “fully agree[ing] with and adopt[ing] the constitutional and statutory analyses contained in” previous court opinions, and authorizing collection of bulk telephone metadata under …

… Granting the motion of the plaintiffs in _Jewel v. NSA_ and _First Unitarian Church v. NSA_ for leave to correct the record, and ordering the government to make a filing explaining its failure to notify FISC of the March …

… Declining a petition filed by [REDACTED] “to vacate, modify, or reaffirm” a Jan. 3, 2014 production order. … Opinion and Order, In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring Production of …

… Granting Mar. 11, 2014 motion for temporary relief from five-year data destruction rule pending resolution of preservation issues raised in _Jewel v. NSA_ and _First Unitarian Church v. NSA_. … Opinion and Order, In re …

… Denying government motion for a second amendment to the Jan. 3, 2014 primary order approving §215 collection, seeking to retain telephony metadata beyond five years for purposes of pending civil litigation. … Opinion and …

… Denying motion for disclosure of prior FISC decisions on the grounds that “neither FISA nor the …[FISC] Rules of Procedure…require, or provide for discretionary, disclosure of the Requested Opinions in the circumstances of …

… Holding that the 2014 Directives meet the requirements of §702 and are otherwise lawful, including inter alia, that they are consistent with the Fourth Amendment as there is no “distinctive or heightened risk of the …

… 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, …

… Holding that the Nov. 15, 2013 amended minimization procedures are consistent with the requirements of 50 U.S.C. § 1881a(d)-(e) and the Fourth Amendment. Order approving the minimization procedures pursuant to …

… 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 …

… 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, …

… Holding that the certifications included as part of the July 31, 2012 submission contain the required statutory elements and that the targeting and minimization procedures adopted for use in connection with those …

… Granting the application for bulk telephony metadata collection, holding that “ _Smith v. Maryland_ compels the conclusion that there is no Fourth Amendment impediment to the collection,” comparing §215 to the Stored …

… Finding that contrary to the Government’s argument in District Court, that FISC rules prevent the District Court from ordering disclosure of a FISC opinion if it is found to be subject to FOIA, the District Court has the …

… Finding that the application submitted by the government in support of an FBI investigation of a USP meets the statutory First Amendment requirement as well as the language requiring that the tangible things sought are …

… Noting that in 2011 “the government made a series of submissions to the Court disclosing that it had materially misrepresented the scope of NSA’s ‘upstream collection’ under §702 (and prior authorities including the …

… Holding that the NSA’s amended minimization procedures used in this case, permitting the sharing of certain unminimized communications, are consistent with the requirements of 50 U.S.C. § 1881a(d)-(e) and with the Fourth …

… Approving amended minimization procedures adopted to correct the statutory and constitutional deficiencies identified by the Court in its Oct. 3, 2011 Mem. Op. and restarting §702 upstream collection. … Memorandum Opinion …

… Holding that the NSA misled the Court on the nature of §702 upstream collection, acquiring tens of thousands entirely domestic communications of USPs and that the minimization procedures failed on statutory and …

… 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, …

… 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 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. Order granting authorization for the targeting and …

… 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. Order granting authorization for the targeting and …

… Date Redacted … Granting in part and denying in part an application to engage in bulk Internet metadata collection and to query and use information previously obtained by NSA and noting, “the government acknowledges that …

… Noting noncompliance of NSA sharing of information requirements (NSA had created an email distribution list with 189 analysts, only 53 of whom had the adequate training and guidance and to whom BR metadata query results …

… 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 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, recognizing that continued NSA noncompliance problems …

… [Almost entirely consistent language and redactions to GID.C.00051 ( https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/1052745 ), but with some slight differences] Holding that the targeting and minimization …

… Order denying Thomas C. Goldstein’s motion for “appointment as amicus curiae and for leave to file an amicus curiae brief to assist the Court in deciding whether the appointment of Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney …

… Concluding that call detail records are subject to production under 50 U.S.C.§1861, addressing tension with 18 U.S.C.§§2702-2703 (relevant provisions of Electronic Communications Privacy Act) … Supplemental Opinion, In re …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… Holding that the court retained jurisdiction despite the lapse of the PAA, that the directives served on Yahoo! met the PAA statutory requirements and the Fourth Amendment, and that service providers can bring Fourth …

… 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, …

… Finding ACLU motion within FISC’s jurisdiction, denying motion for release of Court orders and government pleadings regarding §702 on common law and First Amendment right of access grounds because FISC proceedings …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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, …

… Holding that minimization procedures must prevent prosecutors from directing foreign intelligence searches (re-building the wall). … In re All Matters Submitted to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 218 F. Supp. 2d …

… Holding that the electronic search provisions of the 1978 FISA do not authorize FISC to issue orders for search of real property. … In re Application of the United States for an Order Authorizing the Physical Search of …

… Date Redacted … Setting out the Court’s reasons for adding clarification for its jurisdiction and scope of its authorization into the surveillance order language. Order granting the application of the United States to …

… Date Redacted … Holding that the particular type of surveillance requested constitutes “electronic surveillance” as defined in FISA. … Memorandum Opinion, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00149 (FISA Ct.) (Hogan, J.) … …

… Date Redacted … [Labeled as an opinion but almost entirely redacted] … Opinion, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00146 (FISA Ct.) (Broomfield, J.) … All withheld information exempt under b(1), b(3) and b(7)(E) except as …