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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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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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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 | U.S. District Court for the 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 DNI/AG [702] Certification 2010-A

10-00002 | U.S. District Court for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: 2010

Closed Date: 2010

In this matter, the FISA Court reviewed the government's July 15, 2010 certification and amended minimization procedures under FISA § 702(i). For an overview of FISA Court review under § 702(i), see NS-DC-0072 in this Clearinghouse. The court documents in this Clearinghouse case record have not been declassified and released by the government; they are marked Secret and Top Secret. The Washington Post posted them on-line.The government submitted the 2010-A certification, covering surveillance …
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[In re DNI/AG 702(i) Certification 2008]

08-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: 2008

The FISA Amendments Act (FAA), enacted in 2008, authorized the U.S. Government to compel providers of electronic communications services to assist the Government in acquiring foreign intelligence information concerning targeted persons located outside the United States. New sections were created in the Act to cover the surveillance of non-U.S. persons (§ 702; 50 U.S.C. § 1881a), U.S. persons reasonably believed to be abroad where the surveillance is conducted in the U.S. (§ 703; 50 U.S.C. § 188…
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In re Motion for Release of Court Records

07-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: Aug. 9, 2007

Closed Date: 2007

On August 9, 2007, the ACLU filed a motion with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA Court) requesting release of the Court's records regarding the government's surveillance of foreign terrorists. Specifically, the ACLU requested release of sealed orders from January 10, 2007, and any government briefs or subsequent orders connected with the January 10 orders. The ACLU argued that, like any other federal court, the FISA Court had the authority to unseal its own documents, and that …
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In re proceedings required by 702(i) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 [Misc. 08-01]

08-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: 2008

Closed Date: 2008

As explained in NS-DC-76 in this Clearinghouse, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA) included a new title giving the government the authority to monitor electronic communications of foreigners abroad. Section 702 permits the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to jointly authorize the targeting of foreigners reasonably believed to be located outside the U.S. Once authorized, such acquisitions may last for periods of up to one year. (Section 703, not at issue in t…

Motion for Leave to Participate in Proceedings Required by § 702(i) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008

In re Proceedings Required by § 702(i) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008

July 10, 2008

Opposition to the American Civil Liberties Union's Motion for Leave to Participate in Proceedings Required by § 702(i) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008

In re Proceedings Required by § 702(i) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008

July 29, 2008

Reply Memorandum in Support of Motion for Leave to Participate in Proceedings Required by § 702(i) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008

In re Proceedings Required by § 702(i) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008

Aug. 5, 2008

Government's Preliminary Responses to Certain Questions Posed By the Court

In re: DNI/AG 702(g) Certification

Aug. 26, 2008

Order

In re Proceedings Required by § 702(i) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008

Aug. 27, 2008

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In re Directives to Yahoo Pursuant to Section 105B of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. [105B(g) 07-01]

07-00001 | U.S. District Court for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: 2007

Closed Date: 2016

In 2012, leaks by Edward Snowden revealed many details about NSA surveillance programs that had been going on for many years. In the aftermath of those leaks, the government declassified many previously secret details regarding these programs. Among the declassified documents were those in this case, in which the internet company Yahoo!, Inc. attempted to resist surveillance of some of its customers by the NSA, but lost in front of the FISA Court and the FISA Court of Review. Beginning in 2007…

Standard [FBI] Physical Search Minimization Procedures

In the Matter of the Application of the United States for an Order Authorizing Physical Search of a Non-United States Person Agent of a Foreign Power

Jan. 20, 1995

FBI Standard Physical Search Minimization Procedures [Search of a US Person Agent of a Foreign Power]

In re Directives to Yahoo Pursuant to Section 105B of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Jan. 20, 1995

FBI Standard Minimization Procedures for Electronic Surveillance of a Non-US Person Agent of a Foreign Power

In re Directives to Yahoo Pursuant to Section 105B of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Sept. 17, 1997

Standard Minimization Procedures for Electronic Surveillance of a United States Person Agent of a Foreign Power

In the Matter of the Application of the United States for an Order Authorizing Electronic Surveillance of a United States Person Agent of a Foreign Power

Sept. 17, 1997

Amendments to FBI Standard Minimization Procedures

In re Amendment to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Standard Minimization Procedures for Electronic Surveillance and Physical Search

Sept. 26, 2006

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Electronic Frontier Foundation v. Department of Justice

1:12-cv-01441 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 30, 2012

Closed Date: 2015

On August 30, 2012, Plaintiff Electronic Frontier Foundation filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The Plaintiff sought injunctive relief against Defendants Department of Justice, Office of Information Policy (OIP), and National Security Division (NSD) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552. The Plaintiff is a non-profit corporation based in Massachusetts focused on informing policy makers and the general public about civil lib…
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[Redacted]; FISA Court Authorizing Surveillance Procedures Under Protect America Act

Redacted | U.S. District Court for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: 2007

Closed Date: 2008

As discussed in detail in NS-DC-0068, the Protect America Act (PAA) was passed in 2007 in order to avoid compliance with the FISA Court's interpretation of traditional FISA. The PAA amended FISA in two important ways. First, it allowed warrantless collection of international communications to or from the U.S. from facilities inside the U.S. Second, it allowed warrantless collection of foreign to foreign communications from facilities inside the U.S. This is the first case in which the FISA Cour…