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01/17/2014 | FISC Order BR 06-12»
Released by Government: 11/15/2006

(10 pages) Order of the FISC approving the Government

12/10/2013 | GMS Classification Guide»
Released by Press: 09/20/2006

(2 pages) Internal NSA document outlining the agency

11/18/2013 | September 5, 2006 Cover Filing Submission to the FISC»
Released by Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation): 09/05/2006

(48 pages) An NSA submission to the FISC on the standard minimization procedures governing the FBI

01/17/2014 | FISC Order BR 06-08»
Released by Government: 08/18/2006

(11 pages) Order of the FISC approving the Government

11/18/2013 | August 17, 2006 NSA Presentation for the FISC»
Released by Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation): 08/17/2006

(20 pages) An NSA presentation for the FISC on the bulk telephony metadata program pursuant to Section 501 of FISA and notification of two compliance issues concerning the collection

11/18/2013 | July 17, 2006 Court-ordered NSA Inspector General and General Counsel Report»
Released by Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation): 07/17/2006

(4 pages) A court-ordered NSA report on the adequacy of management controls for the processing and dissemination of US persons information under the bulk telephony metadata program

09/10/2013 | Order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court»
Released by Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation): 05/24/2006

(11 pages) Order of the FISC approving the Government

11/18/2013 | Production to Congress of a May 23, 2006 Government Memorandum of Law»
Released by Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation): 05/23/2006

(81 pages) A memo in support of the government

11/18/2013 | 2006 Attorney General Report on Requests for Access to FISA Business Records»
Released by Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation): 01/01/2006

(8 pages) An annual report from the Attorney General to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), Senate Judiciary Committee, and House Judiciary Committee concerning requests for access to business records under Section 215

11/18/2013 | April 27, 2005 Prepared Attorney General & FBI Testimony»
Released by Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation): 04/27/2005

(11 pages) 2005 testimony of Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, and Robert S. Mueller, III, Federal Bureau of Investigation, DOJ, before the Select Committee on Intelligence on the government

11/18/2013 | July 27, 1993 United States Signals Intelligence Directive 18»
Released by Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation): 07/27/1993

(53 pages) United States Intelligence Directive 18 (USSID 18) prescribing NSA policies and procedures as they relate to the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution and minimization procedures/rules governing the collection, retention, and dissemination of information about US persons

11/18/2013 | United States Signals Intelligence Directive 18 Appendix J»
Released by Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation): 04/24/1986

(8 pages) Appendix J to the United States Signals Intelligence Directive 18 (USSID 18) dated April 24, 1986