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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 …

… Judge Walton responded to Senator Leahy’s request for information regarding certain operations and procedures of the FISC. Judge Walton provided descriptions ofthe process by which the Court reviews applications from the …

… Identical to the letter dated July 29, 2013, sent to Senator Leahy. … Letter from Reggie B. Walton, Presiding Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, to Charles E. Grassley, Ranking Member, Senate Comm. on the …

… Judge Walton authored a follow-up to his July 29, 2013 letter to Senator Grassley, in which he referenced his previous explanation of the process by which the FISC interacts with the executive branch while processing …

… Identical to the letter dated Oct. 11, 2013, sent to Senator Leahy. … Letter from Reggie B. Walton, Presiding Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, to Charles E. Grassley, Ranking Member, Senate Comm. on the …

… Judge Collyer sent a letter to Senator Wyden regarding the FISC’s use of technical advisors, and detailed the FISC’songoing efforts to locate and assess suitable technical advisors to serve as amici curiae pursuant to the …

… Judge Collyer responded to a request from Chairman Nunes for access to transcripts of certain FISC hearings, and explained that his request for documents related to specific FISA applications was novel and required the …

… Judge Collyer responded to a request from Chairman Goodlatte for access to certain documents, which the Chairman simultaneously requested from the executive branch. Judge Collyer noted the novelty of the request for …

… Exec. Order No. 12,139 § 1-103, 44 Fed. Reg. 30,311, 30,311 (May 25, 1979), reprinted as amended in 50 U.S.C. § 1802 note (2018). … Executive Order 12139 …

… § 702 Minimization Procedures (2017)—Jeff Sessions, Exhibit B: Minimization Procedures Used by the National Security Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the …

… UNITED STATES FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT WASHINGTON, D.C. (U) IN RE FBI STANDARD MINIMIZATION PROCEDURES FOR TANGIBLE THINGS OBTAINED PURSUANT TO TITLE V OF Docket Number: THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE …

… CDT argues (contra the Executive branch) that relying on minimization will not address the deficiencies in the PAA: (a) even if it meant that the gov’t would discard all USP communications intercepted (which it doesn’t), …

… Kris discusses the justification for and meaning behind the PAA, the Responsible Surveillance that is Overseen, Reviewed and Effective (RESTORE) Act, and the FAA. The paper argues for a new approach to communications that …

… Comprehensive (103 page) report recounts the history of FISA and subsequent amendment of the statute via the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act, the 2002 Homeland Security Act, the 2002 Intelligence Authorization Act, the Intelligence …

… Addresses recently-released public information about NSA collection programs and progress of related litigation, as well as statutory authorities regarding access by the government, for either foreign intelligence or law …

… Discusses alterations made to FISA by the PAA of 2007 and their potential impact on and parallels to existing law, as well as recent legislative developments. … ELIZABETH B. BAZAN, CONG. RES. SERV., RL34143, P.L. 110-55, …

… Responding to increasing attention paid 2013-14, the report considers various Congressional proposals to change the manner in which judges are appointed to FISC/FISCR. … VIVIAN S. CHU, CONG. RES. SERV., R43534, REFORM OF …

… Identifies potential legal questions related to a range of Congressional proposals introduced post-§ 215 to alter FISC/FISCR: public advocates, amicus curiae, en banc panels, voting rules, selection of FISC/FISCR judges; …

… Doyle discusses early judicial reaction to the PATRIOT Act, inspector General's Reports on NSL Amendments, Post-Amendment Judicial Action, and the recommendations of the President's Review Group. … CHARLES DOYLE, CONG. …

… 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, …

… Considers the legal nature of the office of a public advocate, Article II’s Appointments Clause, and Article III restrictions. … ANDREW NOLAN ET AL., CONG. RES. SERV., R43260, REFORM OF THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE …

… Addresses host of bills designed to make procedural and operational changes to FISC including amicus curiae, en banc proceedings, voting rules requiring between 60 and 100% of the judges to concur. … ANDREW NOLAN & RICHARD …

… Standard Minimization Procedures for Electronic Surveillance and Physical Search Conducted Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Oct. 22, 2008 … APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE -SECRET- STANDARD MINIMIZATION …

… Foreign Intelligence Law Collection – Searching Assistance The Foreign Intelligence Law Collection (FILC) is a community housed within Digital Georgetown. On the FILC community homepage, the search box is used to search …

… Date Redacted … Ordering the government to file a memo explaining the basis for its belief that the roving authority granted by the Court permitted the FBI to initiated (redacted). … Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED] …

… Date Redacted … Order authorizing the pen register and/or trap and trace surveillance. … Primary Order for Pen Register and Trap and Trace Device(s), [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00162 (FISA Ct.) (Hogan, J.) … b6 b7C …

… Date Redacted … Supplemental order asking the government to describe whether and to what extent technology that is now reasonably available to the government can distinguish between content and non-content post-cut-through …

… 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 … Order authorizing the pen register and/or trap and trace surveillance. … Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00156 (FISA Ct.) (Gorton, J.) … b6 b7C UNITED STATES FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT …

… 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 … Granting the government's motion for authority to retain the results of Court-Authorized Pen Register and/or Trap and Trace Surveillance. … Opinion and Order, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00155 (FISA …

… Date Redacted … Order authorizing the application of the United States to conduct electronic surveillance. … Order Authorizing Electronic Surveillance, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00168 (FISA Ct.) (Davis, J.) … FBI …

… 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 granting government the authority to conduct search. Basic Fourth Amendment requirements are satisfied in "places to be search" and "things to be seized". … Order, [REDACTED], No. …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted order authorizing electronic surveillance and physical search to acquire foreign intelligence information, including incidental acquisition of other foreign intelligence information. … …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted order authorizing unspecified electronic surveillance to acquire foreign intelligence information, including incidental acquisition of other foreign intelligence information. … Order …

… 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 … 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, …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted order and warrant authorizing unspecified electronic surveillance and physical search. Secondary order to persons whose assistance is necessary in order to implement the authorities …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted order and warrant authorizing unspecified electronic surveillance. Secondary order to persons whose assistance is necessary in order to implement the authorities approved herein. … Primary …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted order and warrant authorizing unspecified electronic surveillance and physical search in the manner specifically described. … Primary Order and Warrant, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted order and warrant authorizing unspecified electronic surveillance and physical search. Secondary order to persons whose assistance is necessary in order to implement the authorities …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted order and warrant authorizing unspecified electronic surveillance and physical search. … Primary Order and Warrant, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00169 (FISA Ct.) (Broomfield, J.) … FBI …

… Date Redacted … Heavily redacted amendment to primary and warrant granted (reason redacted). … Amendment to Primary Order and Warrant, [REDACTED], No. [REDACTED], GID.C.00170 (FISA Ct.) (Benson, J.) … EBI IMHO. CLASSIFIED …