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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 and Orders of this Court Containing Novel or Significant Interpretations of Law [FISA Docket Misc. 16-01; FISCR Docket Misc. 20-02]

16-00001 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: Oct. 19, 2016

Case Ongoing

For the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse collection of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) matters, see our special collection. On October 19, 2016, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic of Yale Law School filed this motion in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to unseal all of the court's orders and opinions containing "novel or significant interpretations of law" issued between September 11, 2001, and the passage o…
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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

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[Redacted Caption] Gov't Ex Parte Submissions of Reauthorization Certification and Related Procedures, Amended Certifications, and Request for an Order Approving Such Certification and Amended Certifications (November 2015) (702, Hogan, J.)

[Redacted] | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: July 15, 2015

Closed Date: Nov. 6, 2015

Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1881a et seq., permits the Attorney General (AG) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to conduct foreign intelligence surveillance targeting the communications of non-U.S. persons located abroad. The government need not establish probable cause that the target of electronic surveillance is a foreign power or agent of a foreign power, nor must the government specify the nature and location of the facilities or places that su…
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[Redacted Caption] Gov't Ex Parte Submission of Reauthorization Certifications & Related Procedures, Ex Parte Submission of Amended Certifications & Request for an Order Approving Such Certifications & Amended Certifications (Nov. 2020) (702, Boasberg J.)

[Redacted] | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: Oct. 19, 2020

Case Ongoing

Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, 50 U.S.C. § 1881a, permits the Attorney General (AG) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to conduct foreign intelligence surveillance targeting the communications of non-U.S. persons located abroad. The government need not establish probable cause that the target of electronic surveillance is a foreign power or agent of a foreign power, nor must the government specify the nature and location of the facilities or places that surveillanc…

Exhibit I: Minimization Procedures Used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, As Amended

[Redacted]

Sept. 16, 2019

Exhibit E: Minimization Procedures Used By the Central Intelligence Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, As Amended

[Redacted]

Sept. 16, 2019

Exhibit B: Minimization Procedures Used by the National Security Agency In Connection With Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information

[Redacted]

Sept. 16, 2019

Exhibit J: Querying Procedures Used by the Central Intelligence Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as Amended

[Redacted]

Sept. 16, 2019

Exhibit H: Querying Procedures Used by the National Security Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information

[Redacted]

Oct. 19, 2020

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[Caption Redacted] Government’s Ex Parte Submission of Reauthorization Certifications and Related Procedures, Amended Certifications, and Request for an Order Approving Such Certifications (September 2016) (702, Collyer, J.)

[Redacted] | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: Sept. 17, 2016

Closed Date: April 26, 2017

Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, 50 U.S.C. § 1881a et seq., permits the Attorney General (AG) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to conduct foreign intelligence surveillance targeting the communications of non-U.S. persons located abroad. The government need not establish probable cause that the target of electronic surveillance is a foreign power or agent of a foreign power, nor must the government specify the nature and location of the facilities or places that sur…

[Exhibit A] Procedures Used by the National Security Agency for Targeting Non-United States Persons Reasonably Believed to be Located Outside the United States to Acquire Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702...

[Caption Redacted] Government’s Ex Parte Submission of Reauthorization Certifications and Related Procedures, Amended Certifications, and Request for an Order Approving Such Certifications

July 10, 2015

Affidavit of James B. Comey: Direction, Federal Bureau of Investigation

[Caption Redacted] Government’s Ex Parte Submission of Reauthorization Certifications and Related Procedures, Amended Certifications, and Request for an Order Approving Such Certifications

Sept. 17, 2016

[Exhibit D] Minimization Procedures Used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, as Amended

[Caption Redacted] Government’s Ex Parte Submission of Reauthorization Certifications and Related Procedures, Amended Certifications, and Request for an Order Approving Such Certifications

Sept. 21, 2016

Certification of the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General Pursuant to Subsection 702(g) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance

[Caption Redacted] Government’s Ex Parte Submission of Reauthorization Certifications and Related Procedures, Amended Certifications, and Request for an Order Approving Such Certifications

Sept. 21, 2016

Government's Ex Parte Submission of Reauthorization Certifications and Related Procedures, Ex Parte Submission of Amended Certifications, and Request for an Order Approving Such Certifications and Amended Certifications

[Caption Redacted] Government’s Ex Parte Submission of Reauthorization Certifications and Related Procedures, Amended Certifications, and Request for an Order Approving Such Certifications

Sept. 26, 2016

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In re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from [redacted]

15-00099 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: 2015

Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the National Security Agency (NSA) began the bulk collection of "telephony metadata" from all available domestic phone calls. This metadata did not include the call's content or party names, but did include phone numbers placed and received; the date, time and duration of calls; some location identifiers; and calling card numbers. In 2006, the government sought and received approval of the program from the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillanc…

Primary Order

In Re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things From [Redacted]

Aug. 27, 2015

Docket

In Re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things

Aug. 28, 2015

Order Appointing an Amicus Curiae

In Re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things

Sept. 17, 2015

Briefing Order

In Re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things

Oct. 7, 2015

Memorandum of Law by Amicus Curiae Regarding Government's August 27, 2015, Application to Retain and Use Certain Telephony Metadata After November 28, 2015

In Re Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things

Oct. 29, 2015

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Motion of Thomas C. Goldstein For Appointment As Amicus Curiae and For Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief [FISA Docket Misc. 18-04]

18-00004 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: Dec. 11, 2018

Closed Date: April 11, 2019

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 Application of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things from [redacted] [BR 15-75]

15-00075 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: June 2, 2015

Closed Date: June 29, 2015

Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the National Security Agency (NSA) began the bulk collection of "telephony metadata" from all available domestic phone calls. This metadata did not include the call's content or party names, but did include phone numbers placed and received; the date, time and duration of calls; some location identifiers; and calling card numbers. In 2006, the government sought and received approval of the program from the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillanc…