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In re production of tangible things from [redacted information] FISA Docket BR 08-13

0:08-00013 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: Dec. 1, 2008

Closed Date: March 2, 2009

For the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse collection of FISA matters, see our special collection. On January 17, 2014, the Director of National Intelligence authorized the declassification and public release of numerous orders approving the National Security Agency's ("NSA") so-called "Bulk Telephony Metadata Program" under Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ("FISA"), commonly referred to as Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. Press release available here. Unde…

Administrative Matter Closed

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U.S. v. Daoud

1:12-cr-00723 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 15, 2012

Closed Date: July 30, 2024

On September 15, 2012, the government initiated this criminal prosecution in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon after arresting the defendant the day before. The government charged the defendant with attempting to damage and destroy a building by means of explosion, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2332a(a)(2)(D) and 844(i). The defendant allegedly attempted to bomb a bar in Chicago with a fake bomb provided by an FBI sting. In August 2013, the government added the charge of solicit…

Judgment for Plaintiff

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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

Closed Date: Nov. 19, 2020

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 [Redacted] a U.S. Person

PR/TT 2016 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: 2016

Closed Date: 2016

For the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse collection of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) matters, see our special collection.   On January 21, 2016, the government submitted an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to install pen register and trap and trace (PR/TT) devices on a certain cell phone pursuant to FISA. Pen registers are surveillance devices that capture the phone numbers dialed on outgoing telephone calls; trap and trace devices capture th…
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First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. National Security Agency

4:13-cv-03287 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2013

Closed Date: Dec. 14, 2023

On September 10, 2013, organizations, associations, and advocacy groups, their staffs, and their members who subscribed to major American telecommunication companies filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against the National Security Agency ("NSA"), the Department of Justice, and the United States of America. The plaintiffs, represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and private counsel, sought an injunction permanently enjoining the United…
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Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

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In re National Security Letter (3 cases)

3:11-cv-02173 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 2, 2011

Case Ongoing

For the complete Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse collection of FISA Matters, see our special collection. This case involves a dispute over administrative subpoenas known as National Security Letters (NSLs). In 1986, Congress empowered the FBI to issue NSLs as part of authorized investigations to protect against international terrorism and clandestine intelligence activities. NSLs are directed to electronic communications service providers in order to obtain specified limited information;…
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In re: National Security Letter, Under Seal v. Holder (Sealed)

3:13-cv-01165 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: March 14, 2013

Case Ongoing

For the complete Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse collection of FISA Matters, see our special collection. This Clearinghouse entry describes litigation between the government and the internet infrastructure company Cloudflare about National Security Letters. For a similar case involving phone company CREDO Mobile, see here (the "prior case"). This case involves a dispute over administrative subpoenas known as National Security Letters (NSLs). In 1986, Congress empowered the FBI to issue N…
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Shubert v. Obama

4:07-cv-00693 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 17, 2006

Case Ongoing

On May 17, 2006, American citizens who use the telephone and internet filed a putative class action lawsuit on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the President of the United States of America, the National Security Agency and the Attorney General under the Declaratory Judgment Act and Bivens. Represented by private counsel, they sought declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, claim…
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In re Application of the FBI for an Order Requiring the Production of Tangible Things From [Redacted], BR 06-08

06-00008 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: 2006

Closed Date: 2006

For the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse collection of FISA matters, see our special collection. On January 17, 2014, the Director of National Intelligence authorized the declassification and public release of numerous orders approving the National Security Agency's ("NSA") so-called "Bulk Telephony Metadata Program" under Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ("FISA"), commonly referred to as Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. Press release available here. Unde…
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In re Carter W. Page: A U.S. Person [FISA dockets 16-1182, 17-52, 17-375, 17-679]

16-01182 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Filed Date: Oct. 1, 2016

Case Ongoing

In 2016, the FBI sought and obtained a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant against Trump 2016 campaign foreign policy advisor Carter Page. The warrant applications against Page alleged that he had contact with Russian officials to collect compromising information on Trump's 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton. After substantial litigation, these classified FISA warrants and related documents were disclosed. This Clearinghouse entry includes those underlying applications and renewals…