Letter to Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly from Deputy Assistant Attorney General John C. Yoo

Document Date: May 17, 2002
Release Date: March 26, 2016
Agency: Government
Document Types: Letter, Internal NSA/DOJ Legal Analysis
Legal Authority: FISA Amendments Act
Records Collected: Internet Metadata, Location Information, Internet Content
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This is a letter and memorandum that "discusses the President's authority to conduct warrantless searches. In particular… the President's power to deploy expanded electronic surveillance techniques in response to the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001."