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\u00a0Federal Judge Ruling, 12\/13\/2013, that the NSA spying on domestic phone records is “unconstitutional”<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0[68 Pages, 2.94MB]<\/p>\nDepartment of Defense – Inspector General<\/h3>\n
Following a declassification review by the Executive Branch, the Department of Justice released on August 6, 2014, in redacted form, 38 documents relating to the now-discontinued NSA program to collect bulk electronic communications metadata pursuant to Section 402 of the FISA (\u201cPRTT provision\u201d).\u00a0 These documents are also responsive to a Freedom of Information Act request by the Electronic Privacy Information Center.<\/p>\n Under the program NSA was permitted to collect certain electronic communications metadata such as the \u201cto,\u201d \u201cfrom,\u201d and \u201ccc\u201d lines of an email and the email\u2019s time and date.\u00a0 This collection was done only after the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved the government\u2019s applications, and pursuant to court order generally lasting 90 days.\u00a0 NSA was not permitted to collect the content of any electronic communications.\u00a0 Like NSA\u2019s bulk telephony metadata program under FISA section 501, this program was subject to several restrictions approved by the FISC, such as:<\/p>\n The information released on August 6, 2014, together with documents previously released, demonstrates the extent to which the IC sought and received FISC approval to collect electronic communications metadata under the PRTT provision, the oversight regime of internal checks over the program, and that Congress was kept fully apprised of the status of NSA\u2019s electronic metadata collection.\u00a0 The documents released include several associated with government applications and FISC orders authorizing the collection of metadata under the PRTT program.\u00a0 Other documents included in this release include the report of an end-to-end review of the PRTT program undertaken by the Executive Branch, DOJ\u2019s letter to the FISC seeking clarification on the FISC\u2019s authorization to collect metadata, and correspondence from the NSA Inspector General.<\/p>\n After the 2009 discovery of certain compliance issues associated with NSA\u2019s electronic communications and telephony bulk metadata collection programs, the Government took measures to strengthen compliance and oversight.<\/p>\n As previously stated, this Internet communications metadata bulk collection program has been discontinued.\u00a0 The Intelligence Community regularly assesses the continuing operational value of all of its collection programs.\u00a0 In 2011, the Director of NSA called for an examination of this program to assess its continuing value as a unique source of foreign intelligence information.\u00a0 This examination revealed that the program was no longer meeting NSA\u2019s operational expectations.\u00a0 Accordingly, after careful deliberation, the Government discontinued the program, and the metadata collected pursuant to this program has been purged.<\/p>\n In addition, the DOJ also released four documents that do not directly relate to bulk collection under the PRTT provision but are responsive to EPIC\u2019s FOIA request.\u00a0 Like the documents relating to the bulk collection, these documents demonstrate the FISC\u2019s judicial oversight of PRTT collection under the FISA.<\/p>\n Office of the Director of National Intelligence Public Affairs Office<\/p>\n Internal Oversight<\/strong><\/p>\n Requirements for the TRAILBLAZER and THINTHREAD Systems<\/a>\u00a0– \u00a0<\/strong>[165 Pages, 13.6MB] –\u00a0This is the official DOD\/IG Investigation into the TRAILBLAZER and THINTHREAD programs.<\/p>\nFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)<\/h3>\n
Surveillance Warrants submited to FISA by the FBI in 2001<\/a> <\/strong>[5 Pages, 1.63MB] – FBI will not accept these requests due to the fact that each warrant is in an individual file, and requires consent under the Privacy Acts. \u00a0They are not centralized file in one location, or available as requested.<\/p>\n Electronic Surveillance at the Department of Justice, 1966-1967<\/a><\/strong> File 62-HQ-318 [735 Pages, 33.7 MB](Source:\u00a0GovernmentAttic.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n Ultrasonic Listening Devices \/ Wiretapping, 1945 – 1989<\/a><\/strong> File 80-HQ-760\u00a0[1,076 Pages, 61.87 MB] (Source:GovernmentAttic.org<\/a>)<\/p>\nFederal Trade Commission (FTC)<\/h3>\n
Telecom Complaints about NSA Cooperation<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>[30 Pages, 5.3MB] –<\/p>\nNational Security Agency (NSA)<\/h3>\n
NSA Contract with NARUS, allegedly the software firm that wrote the software for tapping <\/a><\/strong>\u00a0[17 Pages, 0.8\u00a0MB]<\/p>\n Order for Business Records Collection Under the USA PATRIOT Act, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court<\/a><\/strong> [17 Pages, 5.64 MB]<\/p>\n Declassified FISA court documents on intelligence collection, 2008-2009<\/a><\/strong> [379 Pages, 25.28MB] – Director of National Intelligence James Clapper declassified documents about intelligence collection under Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Sept. 10, 2013.<\/p>\n 2009 Report on the NSA Bulk Collection Program for USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization<\/a><\/strong> [7 Pages, 3.78 MB]<\/p>\n 2011 Report on the NSA Bulk Collection Program for USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorizations Report Collection<\/a><\/strong>[9 Pages, 4.33 MB]<\/p>\n\u00a0FTC Complaints Regarding NSA and Telecom Cooperation for Surveillance, 2013<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0[30 Pages, 5.21 MB]<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/a>Overview of Constitutional Challenges to NSA Collection Activities and Recent Developments, April 1, 2014<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0[20 Pages,\u00a00.4MB] –\u00a0Beginning in the summer of 2013, media reports of foreign intelligence activities conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA) have been widely published. The reports have focused on two main NSA collection activities approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978. The first is the bulk collection of telephony metadata for domestic and international telephone calls. The second involves the interception of Internet-based communications and is targeted at foreigners who are not within the United States, but may also inadvertently acquire the communications of U.S. persons. As public awareness of these programs grew, questions about the constitutionality of these programs were increasingly raised by Members of Congress and others. This report provides a brief overview of these two programs and the various constitutional challenges that have arisen in judicial forums with respect to each.<\/p>\nOffice of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)<\/h3>\n
Remarks as delivered by James R. Clapper, Director of National Intelligence at an Open Hearing on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authorities, 9\/26\/13<\/a><\/strong> [4 Pages, 0.2 MB]<\/p>\n08\/6\/2014 Release<\/h4>\n
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Judicial Oversight<\/h3>\n
\u00a0FISC Opinion and Order<\/a>
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\n\u00a0FISC Primary Order<\/a>
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\n\u00a0FISC Primary Order<\/a>
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\n\u00a0FISC Order and Supplemental Order<\/a>
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\n\u00a0FISC Supplemental Order<\/a>
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\n\u00a0FISC Primary Order<\/a>
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\n\u00a0FISC Memorandum Opinion Granting in Part and Denying in Part Application to Reinitiate, in Expanded Form, Pen Register\/Trap and Trace Authorization<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Declaration of NSA Chief, Special FISA Oversight and Processing, Oversight and Compliance, Signals Intelligence Directorate, the National Security Agency<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Government’s Response to the FISC’s Supplemental Order<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Declaration of NSA Chief, Special FISA Oversight and Processing, Oversight and Compliance, Signals Intelligence Directorate, the National Security Agency<\/a>
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\n<\/a>\u00a0Supplemental Declaration of Chief, Special FISA Oversight and Processing, Oversight and Compliance, Signals Intelligence Directorate, the National Security Agency<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Government’s Response to the FISC’s Supplemental Order Requesting a Corrective Declaration<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Government’s Response to a FISC Order\u00a0<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Declaration of Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander, U.S. Army, Director, NSA, Concerning NSA’s Compliance with a FISC Order<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Preliminary Notice of Potential Compliance Incident<\/a>
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\n<\/a>\u00a0Notice of Filing<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Government’s Application for Use of Pen Register\/Trap and Trace Devices for Foreign Intelligence Purposes<\/a>
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\n<\/a>\u00a0Memorandum of Law and Fact in Support of Application for Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices for Foreign Intelligence Purposes<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Declaration of General Keith B. Alexander, U.S. Army, Director, NSA, in Support of Pen Register\/Trap and Trace Application<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Exhibit D in Support of Pen Register\/Trap and Trace Application<\/a>
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\n\u00a0First Letter in Response to FISC Questions Concerning NSA bulk Metadata Collection Using Pen Register\/Trap and Trace Devices<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Second Letter in Response to FISC Questions concerning NSA bulk Metadata Collection Using Pen Register\/Trap and Trace Devices<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Third Letter in Response to FISC Questions Concerning NSA Bulk Metadata Collection Using Pen Register\/Trap and Trace Devices<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0Application for Pen Register\/Trap and Trace Devices for Foreign Intelligence Purposes<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Memorandum of Law and Fact in Support of Application for Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices for Foreign Intelligence Purposes<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Declaration of General Michael V. Hayden, U.S Air Force, Director, NSA, in Support of Pen Register\/Trap and Trace Application<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Application for Use of Pen Register\/Trap and Trace Devices for Foreign Intelligence Purposes<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Declaration of NSA Chief, Special FISA Oversight and Processing, Oversight and Compliance, Signals Intelligence Directorate<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Declaration Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander, U.S. Army, Director, NSA, Concerning NSA’s Implementation of Authority to Collect Certain Metadata<\/a>
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\n\u00a0NSA’s Pen Register Trap and Trace FISA Review Report<\/a>
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\n\u00a0DOJ Report to the FISC NSA’s Program to Collect Metadata<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Government’s First Letter to Judge Bates to Confirm Understanding of Issues Relating to the FISC’s Authorization to Collect Metadata<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Government’s Second Letter to Judge Bates to Confirm Understanding of Issues Relating to the FISC’s Authorization to Collect Metadata\u00a0<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Tab 1 Declaration of NSA Chief, Special Oversight and Processing, Oversight and Compliance, Signals Intelligence<\/a>
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\n\u00a0Verified Memorandum of Law in Response to FISC Supplemental Order<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0Memorandum of Law in Response to FISC Order<\/p>\nCongressional Oversight<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Government’s Motion to Unseal FISC Documents in Order to Brief Congressional Intelligence and Judiciary Committees<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0Order Granting the Government’s Motion to Unseal FISC Documents in Order to Brief Congressional Intelligence and Judiciary Committees<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0April 27, 2005 Testimony of the Attorney General and Director, FBI Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n