Case: [Redacted Caption] Gov't Application for an Order for Electronic Surveillance

In this case, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) authorized the U.S. government to conduct electronic surveillance on a foreign power pursuant to Title I of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The federal government asked the court to approve a new technique used by the National Security Agency to target a foreign power and gain foreign intelligence information. The details of the new technique, and the target of the surveillance, were redacted. Judge Roger Vinson was assigned to the case.

The court approved the surveillance technique, subject to specific minimization procedures. The court ordered that the government submit a report about what information it had collected within fifteen days after each month in which the surveillance technique was used. The FISC authorized public release of this order on August 12, 2022, though the date of the order itself is redacted. This case is presumed closed.