Requests are adjudicated by a special eleven member court called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

The FISA Amendments Act: Q&A, ODNI Fact Sheet, April 2017

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court -- Current Membership

Current and Past Members of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, 1978-2019

Congressional Research Service Reports

FISC Amended Memorandum Opinion on Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act on constitutionality of bulk collection of telephony metadata, August 29, 2013

DNI Clapper Declassifies Intelligence Community Documents Regarding Collection Under Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) , news release, September 10, 2013 FISC Order approving the Government's request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA, May 24, 2006

Supplemental Opinion from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, December 12, 2008

FISC Order Regarding Preliminary Notice of Compliance Incident Dated January 15, 2009, January 28, 2009

Memorandum of the United States in response to the Court's Order Dated January 28, 2009, February 12, 2009

Notice of Compliance Incidents, February 26, 2009

FISC Order to Query Telephony Metadata on a Case by Case Basis, March 2, 2009

FISC Order to Report Weekly on Dissemination of Information from Telephony Metadata, June 22, 2009

Govt Report in Response to FISC Primary Order of July 9, 2009, August 19, 2009

NSA review of implementation of the FISC's authorization under Section 215, June 25, 2009

FISC Primary Order, September 3, 2009

FISC Order Regarding Further Compliance Incidents, September 25, 2009

Supplemental FISC Opinion Regarding Queries of Telephony Metadata, November 5, 2009



DNI Clapper Declassifies Section 702 Documents, news release, August 21, 2013 FISC Memorandum Opinion by Judge Bates (redacted), October 3, 2011

FISC Memorandum Opinion by Judge Bates (redacted), November 30, 2011

FISC Memorandum Opinion on Upstream Collection by Judge Bates (redacted), September 2012



DNI Clapper Declassifies and Releases Telephone Metadata Collection Documents, news release, July 31, 2013 Primary Order for Business Records Collection Under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, declassified FISA Court order, April 25, 2013

Updated Report on NSA's Bulk Collection Programs for USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization, declassified report to Congress, February 2, 2011

Report on the National Security Agency's Bulk Collection Programs Affected by USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization, declassified report to Congress, December 14, 2009

Public Filings Before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

FISA Court Presiding Judge Reggie Walton on Court Operations, letter to Sen. Leahy, July 29, 2013 FISA Court Reports Further on Modifications to Government Applications, letter to Senator Leahy, October 11, 2013

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Renews Authority to Collect Telephony Metadata, ODNI news release, July 19, 2013

FISC Cites Obstacles to Summarizing Court Opinions, March 27, 2013 (in response to letter from Senate Intelligence Committee, February 13, 2013)

DNI Declassifies Three Statements About Collection under the FISA Amendments Act, letter to Sen. Wyden, July 20, 2012 (Wired story)

Semiannual Assessments of Compliance with FISA Amendments Act Procedures and Guidelines, Submitted by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence (Redacted) Reporting Period: September 4, 2008 - November 30, 2008, March 2009

Reporting Period: December 1, 2008 - May 31, 2009, December 2009

Reporting Period: June 1, 2009 - November 30, 2009, May 2010

DNI and Attorney General Urge Renewal of FISA Amendments Act Title VII with background paper, February 8, 2012

FISA Amendments Act Implementation, documents obtained by ACLU under the Freedom of Information Act, December 2010

Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to FISA, USA v. Hassan Abu-Jihaad, December 20, 2010

Court Rejects Motion for Release of FISA Materials, USA v. Kashmiri, November 10, 2010

FISA Court of Review Opinion upholding surveillance directives under the Protect America Act, August 22, 2008 (with Order to release the Opinion, January 12, 2009) (Secret Court Ruling Put Tech Companies in Data Bind, New York Times, June 13, 2013) (FISCR Opinion as newly redacted in 2014) (more from Yahoo, ODNI)

Selected Aspects of the Department of Energy's Activities Involving the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, DOE Inspector General, May 6, 2009

Senate Approves Amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, July 9, 2008

House Approves Amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, June 20, 2008

The FISA as amended by the Patriot Act is Unconstitutional, court ruling in Mayfield v. United States, District of Oregon, September 26, 2007 (vacated on appeal, December 10, 2009)

FISA Court Will Supervise Cases Formerly Conducted Under the Terrorist Surveillance Program, letter from Attorney General Gonzales to the Senate Judiciary Committee, January 17, 2007