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United States v. Daher

2:18-cr-20559 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 2018

Closed Date: Jan. 18, 2022

This is a federal criminal case where the government attempted to introduce evidence obtained through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). On August 14, 2018, two operators of a Detroit gas station were indicted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for the crime of defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The defendants allegedly bought SNAP funds from recipients with cash at a discounted price, then fraudulently billed th…
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In re Accuracy Concerns Regarding FBI Matters Submitted to the FISC

19-00002 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: Dec. 17, 2019

Case Ongoing

This Clearinghouse entry focuses on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court’s (FISC) response to revelations of flawed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant applications against Trump 2016 campaign foreign policy advisor Carter Page. It includes the following dockets: • The FBI Office of the Inspector General “Crossfire Hurricane” Report. This isn’t a docket, but important background information that influenced the FISC’s decisionmaking. • Misc. 19-02 in the FISC For more inf…
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In re Opinions & Orders of this Court Addressing Bulk Collection of Data under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [FISA Docket Misc. 13-08, FISCR docket 20-1]

13-00008 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: Nov. 7, 2013

Closed Date: April 24, 2020

For the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse collection of FISA matters, see our special collection. On January 17, 2014, following the disclosure of various dragnet National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs by Edward Snowden, the Director of National Intelligence authorized the declassification and public release of numerous orders approving the NSA's so-called "Bulk Telephony Metadata Program" under Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ("FISA"), commonl…

Motion for the Release of Court Records

In re Opinions and Orders of this Court Addressing Bulk Collection of Data Under The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Nov. 7, 2013

Briefing Order

In re Opinions and Orders of this Court Addressing Bulk Collection of Data Under The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Nov. 8, 2013

Brief of Amici Curiae

In re Opinions and Orders of this Court Addressing Bulk Collection of Data Under The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Nov. 26, 2013

Motion of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 25 Media Organizations for Leave to File Brief as Amici Curiae

In re Opinions and Orders of this Court Addressing Bulk Collection of Data Under The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Nov. 26, 2013

The United States' Opposition to the Motion for The Release of Court Records

In re Opinions and Orders of this Court Addressing Bulk Collection of Data Under The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Dec. 6, 2013

see 26 additional documents
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United States v. Mohammad

3:15-cr-00358 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Sept. 30, 2015

Closed Date: Jan. 22, 2019

On September 30, 2015, Yahya Farooq Mohammad, Ibrahim Zubair Mohammad, Asif Ahmed Salim, and Sultane Roome Salim were indicted in U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Ohio for conspiracy to provide and conceal material support and resources to terrorists, for providing material support and resources to terrorists and for conspiracy to obstruct justice. Farooq Mohammad and Ibrahim Mohammad were additionally indicted for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. The defendants were appointed f…
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United States v. Muhtorov

1:12-cr-00033 | U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

Filed Date: Jan. 19, 2012

Case Ongoing

Introduction & Importance of this Case In early 2012, the federal government initiated criminal prosecution of Jamshid Muhtorov (January 19) and Bakhityor Jumaev (March 14) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Both defendants were charged with providing, conspiring to provide, and attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization, in violation of Title 18, U.S.C. § 2339B. Defendants were represented by the Federal Public Defender (Muhto…
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Jewel v. National Security Agency

4:08-cv-04373 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 18, 2008

Case Ongoing

On September 18, 2008, AT&T customers filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the United States. The plaintiffs, represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and private counsel, claimed that the federal government's electronic surveillance program violated the Fourth Amendment, First Amendment, separation of powers, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the Wiretap Act, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act or the …
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In re Motion for Declaratory Judgment of a First Amendment Right to Publish Aggregate Information about FISA Orders [FISA Docket Misc. 13-03 (Google); Misc. 13-04 (Microsoft); Misc. 13-05 (Yahoo!); Misc. 13-06 (Facebook); Misc. 13-07 (LinkedIn)]

13-00003 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: June 11, 2013

Closed Date: Jan. 27, 2014

For the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse collection of FISA Matters, see our special collection.In June 2013, several major newspapers, including the Guardian (London) and the Washington Post, reported on the National Security Agency's intelligence collection programs based on the classified documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Both the Guardian and the Post included reports that U.S. internet companies were allowing the NSA to tap directly into their central servers.…

Microsoft Corporation's Motion for Declaratory Judgment or Other Appropriate Relief Authorizing Disclosure of Aggregate Data Regarding Any FISA Orders It Has Received

In re Motion to Disclose Aggregate Data Regarding FISA Orders [FISA Docket Misc. 13-04]

June 19, 2013

Order [Informing Government of Timetable to Bar Potentially Classified Information from Public]

In re Amended Motion for Declaratory Judgment of a First Amended Right to Publish Aggregate Information About FISA Orders [FISA Docket Misc. 13-03]

June 20, 2013

Response of the United States to the Court's Order Dated June 20, 2013

In re Amended Motion for Declaratory Judgment of a First Amended Right to Publish Aggregate Information About FISA Orders [FISA Docket Misc. 13-03]

June 25, 2013

Order [Granting Government's Consent Motion for Extension of Time]

In re Motion to Disclose Aggregate Data Regarding FISA Orders [FISA Docket Misc. 13-04]

July 3, 2013

Brief of First Amendment Coalition, American Civil Liberties Union, Center for Democracy and Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Techfreedom as Amici Curiae in Support of the Motion for Declaratory Judgment

In re Amended Motion for Declaratory Judgment of a First Amended Right to Publish Aggregate Information About FISA Orders [FISA Docket Misc. 13-03]

July 8, 2013

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Page v. Comey

1:20-cv-03460 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Nov. 27, 2020

Case Ongoing

This case is related to the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse's coverage of the Carter Page Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants. For more information on litigation to disclose the warrants that inspired this case, please see this link. For a summary of the warrants and information on ongoing efforts by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to protect the confidential information in them, see this link. The FISA requires the government to obtain a warrant from…
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Fazaga v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

8:11-cv-00301 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2011

Case Ongoing

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requires the government to obtain a warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) before it may conduct any domestic electronic surveillance to acquire foreign intelligence information. The warrant applications are made ex parte and must include a sworn statement by a federal officer of the facts and circumstances relied upon to justify the government's belief that the target of surveillance is a foreign power or an agent of a f…
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In re [Redacted], Non-U.S. Persons

19-00218 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: Dec. 12, 2018

Closed Date: March 5, 2020

For the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse collection of FISA Matters, see our special collection.On December 12, 2018, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) submitted a draft application on the authority to conduct surveillance on foreign targets under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). After the FBI filed its official application in 2019, Judge Rosemary C. Collyer of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) released an opinion granting the warrant for surveilla…