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

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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

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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

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Sept. 16, 2019

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

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Sept. 16, 2019

Exhibit K: Querying Procedures Used by the National Counterterrorism Center in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information

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Oct. 19, 2020

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NATIONAL SECURITY
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…
NATIONAL SECURITY
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…
NATIONAL SECURITY
[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 (April 2011) (702, Bates, J.)

[Redacted] | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: 2011

Closed Date: Sept. 25, 2012

For the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse collection of FISA matters, see our special collection.The FISA Amendments Act of 2008 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 to jointly authorize the targeting of persons reasonably believed to be located outside the U.S., but it is limited to targeting non-U.S. persons. Once authorized, suc…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency

1:15-cv-00662 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Filed Date: March 10, 2015

Case Ongoing

On March 10, 2015, a collective of organizations interested in privacy, led by the Wikimedia Foundation, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for District of Maryland. The plaintiffs sued the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Justice under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 701 et seq. The plaintiffs, represented by attorneys from the ACLU and private counsel, asked the court to declare “Upstream Surveillance” by the government to be unconstitutional, and …
NATIONAL SECURITY
United States v. Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab

1:16-cr-00181 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 17, 2016

Closed Date: Oct. 31, 2019

This is the eighth time the Justice Department has notified a criminal defendant that evidence being used against him came from a FISA warrantless wiretap, a move that is expected at some point to set up a Supreme Court test of whether such eavesdropping is constitutional. (As explained below, however, this case was resolved by guilty plea and will not be that test case.) All the cases are available in the Foreign Targeting (702, 703, 704) special collection. On January 7, 2016, Aws Mohammed Yo…
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Twitter v. Barr [Holder]

4:14-cv-04480 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 7, 2014

Case Ongoing

[Note: This case was previously known as Twitter v. Holder, then Twitter v. Lynch, then Twitter v. Sessions] On October 7, 2014, Twitter -- an online social networking service -- filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under the Administrative Procedure Act. Twitter, represented by private counsel, asked the court for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief, a…
NATIONAL SECURITY
United States v. Hasbajrami

1:11-cr-00623 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: Sept. 6, 2011

Case Ongoing

This case is the third time the government notified a criminal defendant that the evidence used against him was from a FISA warrantless wiretap. These notifications are eventually expected to reach the Supreme Court for a determination of whether or not the 2008 FISA Amendments Act is constitutional. All the cases regarding criminal challenges to warrantless wiretapping are available in the Criminal cases challenging FISA surveillance special collection. On September 6, 2011, Agron Hasbajrami, …
NATIONAL SECURITY
United States v. Qazi

0:12-cr-60298 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Filed Date: Nov. 30, 2012

Closed Date: 2018

Two brothers, both naturalized U.S. citizens from Pakistan, were arrested while plotting to conduct a terrorist attack using a weapon of mass destruction in New York City in November 2012. They were indicted on two counts: (1) conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and (2) conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction. This case was assigned to Judge Robert N. Scola Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. On December 6, 2012, the U.S. Department of J…
NATIONAL SECURITY
ACLU v. NSA

1:16-cv-08936 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Nov. 17, 2016

Closed Date: Dec. 11, 2017

On November 11, 2016, the American Civil Liberties Union and its Foundation filed an action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), seeking the processing and release of agency records from the National Security Agency (NSA), Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants failed to respond to the plainti…