The ACLU and others have long suspected that the National Security Agency is relying on its authority to target foreigners abroad as a useful cover for its sweeping surveillance of Americans' communications. Those suspicions were proven true when, on June 5, 2013, The Guardian released the first in a series of documents detailing the NSA's spying activities. Listed below are all of the documents released since that day, both by the media (denoted in blue) and the government (denoted in red). Together, they have triggered a remarkable and long-overdue public debate about the legality and propriety of the government's surveillance practices.
Click here to learn more about what the ACLU is doing to rein in the surveillance state, and here for a comprehensive list of congressional bills introduced since June 2013 to reform the government's spying programs.
Date Released | Date of Document | Title of Document | Description | Releasing Entity (Press or Govt.) | No. of Pages |
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01/17/2014 | 08/18/2006 | FISC Order BR 06-08 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 11 |
01/17/2014 | 11/15/2006 | FISC Order BR 06-12 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 10 |
01/17/2014 | 02/07/2007 | FISC Order BR 07-04 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 11 |
01/17/2014 | 05/03/2007 | FISC Order BR 07-10 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 11 |
01/17/2014 | 05/31/2007 | FISC Amended Order BR 07-10 | Amendment of Order BR 07-10 from the FISC For Purposes of Querying the Metadata Archive. | Government | 4 |
01/17/2014 | 07/25/2007 | FISC Order BR 07-14 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 11 |
01/17/2014 | 10/18/2007 | FISC Order BR 07-16 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 11 |
01/17/2014 | January, 2008 | FISC Order BR 08-01 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 12 |
01/17/2014 | 04/03/2008 | FISC Order BR 08-04 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 12 |
01/17/2014 | 06/26/2008 | FISC Order BR 08-07 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 13 |
01/17/2014 | 08/19/2008 | FISC Order BR 08-08 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 13 |
01/17/2014 | 12/12/2008 | FISC Order BR 08-13 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 13 |
01/17/2014 | 03/05/2009 | FISC Order BR 09-01 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 11 |
01/17/2014 | 05/29/2009 | FISC Order BR 09-06 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 15 |
01/17/2014 | 02/25/2010 | FISC Order BR 10-10 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 19 |
01/17/2014 | 05/14/2010 | FISC Order BR 10-17 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 19 |
01/17/2014 | 08/4/2010 | FISC Order BR 10-49 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 19 |
01/17/2014 | 10/29/2010 | FISC Order BR 10-70 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 15 |
01/17/2014 | 01/20/2010 | FISC Order BR 11-07 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 15 |
01/17/2014 | 02/10/2011 | FISC Amended Order BR 11-07 | Amendment to Primary Order BR 11-07 Ordering that footnote 5 of the Court’s Primary Order is amended. | Government | 2 |
01/17/2014 | 04/13/2011 | FISC Order BR 11-57 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 15 |
01/17/2014 | 04/13/2011 | FISC Supplemental Order BR 11-57 | Supplemental Order ordering NSA reports to include a discussion of the NSA’s consideration and implementation of methods of purging credit card information described in BR 10-49 and BR 10-70. | Government | 1 |
01/17/2014 | 06/22/2011 | FISC Order BR 11-107 | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government | 15 |
01/17/2014 | 06/22/2011 | FISC Supplemental Order BR 11-107 | Supplemental Order ordering NSA reports to include a discussion of NSA’s consideration and implementation of methods of purging credit card information described in BR 10-49, BR 10-70, various Thirty Day Reports, in BR 11-57, and as discussed at Tab B of the application in the docket. | Government | 1 |
12/10/2013 | 09/20/2006 | GMS Classification Guide | Internal NSA document outlining the agency’s ability to intercept, process and discern location data from mobile phone calls. | Press | 2 |
12/10/2013 | 10/01/2012 | Cotraveler Overview | Study overviewing key elements of the co-traveler analytics both under development and operational at NSA. | Press | 24 |
12/10/2013 | Ghost Machine | Excerpts from slides describing the NSA's Special Source Operations cloud analytics platform, code-named GHOSTMACHINE. | Press | 4 | |
12/10/2013 | Target Location | An excerpt from a transcript of National Security Agency training videos that describe how to verify the location of a targeted device. | Press | 1 | |
12/10/2013 | 04/03/2013 | NSA CSEC Partnership | Information paper from the NSA detailing the NSA’s intelligence relationship with Canada’s Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC). | Press | 2 |
12/10/2013 | April, 2013 | Location Cookies | NSA internal presentation slides detailing signal surveillance techniques and successes. | Press | 4 |
12/09/2013 | 2008 | NSA Video Games Paper | NSA paper entitled “Games: A look at Emerging Trends, Uses, Threats and Opportunities in Influence Activities,” stressing the risk of leaving games communities under-monitored. | Press | 82 |
12/05/2013 | 04/18/2013 | FRA Russia | Excerpts from a document related to Swedish-American surveillance of Russia | Press | 2 |
12/05/2013 | 09/10/2010 | Italy Spying | Excerpts from slides describing spying against the Italian Embassy in Washington DC. | Press | 4 |
12/04/2013 | Chalkfun Foreignness | Excerpt from NSA Agency training manual explaining how to determine if a targeted device is "foreign." | Press | 1 | |
12/20/2013 | 05/24/2007 | DNI McConnell 2007 Shubert State Secrets Declaration | Declaration of Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander disclosing information regarding the government’s warrantless wiretapping | Government | 59 |
12/20/2013 | 04/03/2009 | DNI Blair 2009 Jewel State Secrets Declaration | Classified declaration of Dennis C. Blair disclosing information regarding the government’s warrantless wiretapping | Government | 28 |
12/20/2013 | 10/30/2009 | DNI Blair 2009 Shubert State Secrets Declaration | Classified declaration of Dennis C. Blair disclosing information regarding the government’s warrantless wiretapping. | Government | 27 |
12/20/2013 | 09/11/2012 | DNI Clapper 2012 Jewel State Secrets Declaration | Classified declaration of James R. Clapper disclosing information regarding the government’s warrantless wiretapping. | Government | 33 |
12/20/2013 | 12/20/2013 | DNI Clapper 2013 Jewel Shubert SSP Unclassified Signed Declaration | Public declaration of James R. Clapper disclosing information regarding the government’s warrantless wiretapping. | Government | 22 |
12/20/2013 | 05/25/2007 | NSA Alexander 2007 Shubert Declaration | Classified declaration of Lieutenant General Keith B. disclosing information regarding the government’s warrantless wiretapping | Government | 59 |
12/20/2013 | 04/03/2009 | NSA Bonanni 2009 Jewel Declaration | Classified declaration of Deborah A. Bonanni disclosing information regarding the government’s warrantless wiretapping. | Government | 57 |
12/20/2013 | 10/30/2009 | NSA Alexander 2009 Shubert Declaration | Classified declaration of Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander disclosing information regarding the government’s warrantless wiretapping. | Government | 58 |
12/20/2013 | 09/11/2012 | NSA Fleisch 2012 Jewel Declaration | Classified declaration of Frances J. Fleisch disclosing information regarding the government’s warrantless wiretapping. | Government | 80 |
12/20/2013 | 12/20/2013 | NSA Fleisch 2013 Jewel Shubert Declaration Unclassified | Unclassified declaration of Frances J. Fleisch disclosing information regarding the government’s warrantless wiretapping. | Government | 30 |
12/30/2013 | 01/08/2007 | (TS) NSA Quantum Tasking Techniques for the R&T Analyst | NSA presentation for Requirements and Tasking Analysts (analysts responsible for infiltrating computers with the help of the NSA's QUANTUM methods). | Press | 28 |
12/30/2013 | 2008 | Tailored Access Operations | NSA presentation about the Texas Cryptologic Center. | Press | 14 |
12/30/2013 | 2008 | NSA’s Spy Catalogue | Product catalog from which other NSA employees can order technologies from the ANT division for tapping targets' data. | Press | 53 |
1/27/2014 | May, 2010 | Social Convergence | NSA presentation describing information the agency can extract from smartphone traffic. | Press | 14 |
12/18/2013 | 12/12/2013 | Liberty and Security in a Changing World | Report and recommendations of President Obama's review group on intelligence and communication technologies. | Government | 308 |
12/4/2013 | FASCIA Slides | NSA slides about the FASCIA program, including the volume and type of device-location data collected by the agency. | Press | 2 | |
12/2/2013 | 6/23/2010 | NSA Lends Support to Upcoming G8 and G20 Summits in Canada | Briefing notes on NSA operational plans to conduct surveillance during the 2010 G8 and G20 summits in Canada. | Press | 4 |
6/2012 | 11/30/2013 | CSEC Presentation | Presentation by Communications Security Establishment Canada on surveillance of Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy. | Press | 18 |
11/20/2013 | 2/14/2013 | Notes for Dutch SIGINT/Cyber Analytic Exchange | Notes on a meeting with Dutch intelligence services, whose officials described their use of Computer Network Exploitation technology to hack web forums and collect data of users. | Press | 3 |
11/26/2013 | Address Books/Serendipity | Slides describing collection of data from Internet providers. | Press | 3 | |
11/26/2013 | 11/24/2009 | RE: (U) MUSCULAR and realms | Email from GCHQ to NSA suggesting Microsoft was targeted by NSA program accessing Google and Yahoo traffic. | Press | 1 |
11/26/2013 | 10/3/2013 | Program to discredit "radicals" through use of online sexual activity | Excerpts from document detailing collection of information on targets' online sexual activity, intended to be used to discredit them. | Press | |
11/23/2013 | 2/23/2012 | (U) SIGINT Strategy | Strategy document detailing NSA mission statement and goals. | Press | 5 |
11/23/2013 | 2012 | Worldwide SIGINT/Defense Cryptologic Platform | Presentation demonstrating NSA infected 50,000 computers worldwide with malware. | Press | 1 |
11/22/2013 | Boundless Informant | Presentation describing Boundless Informant's "Mission Capabilities from Metadata Records." | Press | 8 | |
11/22/13 | Afghanistan, Norway | Slides detailing the collection of call records from Afghanistan and Norway over a period of 30 days. | Press | 2 | |
11/20/2013 | 2007 | SID Analysts Can Now Unminimize [UK Phone Data] | Memo detailing UK-U.S. deal allowing NSA to store data of UK citizens not suspected of wrongdoing. | Press | |
11/18/2013 | 04/24/1986 | United States Signals Intelligence Directive 18 Appendix J | Appendix J to the United States Signals Intelligence Directive 18 (USSID 18) dated April 24, 1986 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 8 |
11/18/2013 | 07/27/1993 | July 27, 1993 United States Signals Intelligence Directive 18 | United States Intelligence Directive 18 (USSID 18) dated July 27, 1993 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 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 8 |
11/18/2013 | 04/27/2005 | April 27, 2005 Prepared Attorney General & FBI Testimony | 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’s use of USA PATRIOT Act authorities | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 11 |
11/18/2013 | 2006 | 2006 Attorney General Report on Requests for Access to FISA Business Records | 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 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 8 |
11/18/2013 | 05/23/2006 | Production to Congress of a May 23, 2006 Government Memorandum of Law | A memo in support of the government’s application to the FISC for authorization of metadata collection under Section 501 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 81 |
11/18/2013 | 07/17/2006 | July 17, 2006 Court-ordered NSA Inspector General and General Counsel Report | 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 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 4 |
11/18/2013 | 08/17/2006 | August 17, 2006 NSA Presentation for the FISC | 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 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 20 |
11/18/2013 | 09/05/2006 | September 5, 2006 Cover Filing Submission to the FISC | An NSA submission to the FISC on the standard minimization procedures governing the FBI’s retention and dissemination of information pursuant to Section 501 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 48 |
11/18/2013 | 2007 | 2007 Attorney General Report on Requests for Access to FISA Business Records | 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 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 8 |
11/18/2013 | 01/08/2007 | January 8, 2007 NSA Web-Based Training Slides | A 2007 NSA web-based training presentation on its bulk telephony metadata program pursuant to Section 501 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 39 |
11/18/2013 | 01/08/2007 | January 8, 2007 Interim Competency Test | A 2007 NSA competency test for NSA analysts on legal and compliance issues concerning queries of bulk telephony metadata acquired pursuant to Section 501 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 3 |
11/18/2013 | 01/08/2007 | January 8, 2007 NSA PowerPoint Presentation | A 2007 NSA PowerPoint presentation for NSA personnel with access to bulk telephony metadata acquired pursuant to Section 501 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 18 |
11/18/2013 | 2008 | 2008 Attorney General Report on Requests for Access to FISA Business Records | 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 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 8 |
11/18/2013 | 08/29/2008 | August 29, 2008 NSA Memorandum | An NSA memo providing guidance on policy as to the applicable legal standards for querying metadata pursuant to Sections 501 and 402 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 17 |
11/18/2013 | 09/2008 | September 2008 Attorney General’s Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations | Attorney General guidelines establishing the framework for the FBI’s use of authorities and investigative methods for counterterrorism purposes and intelligence objectives | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 48 |
11/18/2013 | 2009 | 2009 Attorney General Report on Requests for Access to FISA Business Records | 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 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 3 |
11/18/2013 | 04/10/2009 | April 10, 2009 NSA Notification Memorandum to SSCI | A memo from the NSA to Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) on the status of its ongoing review of metadata collection programs under Sections 501 and 402 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 6 |
11/18/2013 | 05/08/2009 | May 8, 2009 Government Memorandum to the FISC | A government memo to the FISC providing preliminary notice of a compliance incident related to the NSA’s bulk telephony metadata program under Section 501 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 3 |
11/18/2013 | 06/29/2009 | June 29, 2009 NSA Notification Memorandum to HPSCI | A memo from the NSA to Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) on the status of its ongoing review of metadata collection programs under Section 501 and 402 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 5 |
11/18/2013 | 07/20/2009 | July 20, 2009 Order of the FISC | A FISC order approving the government’s request for authorization to provide the application and orders in docket number BR 06-05 to Congressional committees | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 6 |
11/18/2013 | 08/2009 | August 2009 NSA Cryptological School Course | 2009 NSA course materials for NSA personnel with access to bulk telephony and electronic communication metadata acquired pursuant to Sections 501 and 402 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 131 |
11/18/2013 | 09/01/2009 | September 1, 2009 NSA Presentation for the FISC | An NSA presentation regarding NSA’s bulk telephony metadata program pursuant to Section 501 of FISA with respect to NSA’s compliance with the Court’s orders | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 15 |
11/18/2013 | 2010 | 2010 Attorney General Report on Requests for Access to FISA Business Records | 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 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 2 |
11/18/2013 | 12/01/2010 | December 1, 2010 NSA Memorandum to SSCI | A memo from the NSA to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) about cell site location information | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 2 |
11/18/2013 | 2011 | 2011 Attorney General Report on Requests for Access to FISA Business Records | 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 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 1 |
11/18/2013 | 2011 | NSA Core Intelligence Oversight Training Materials | NSA training materials relating to signals intelligence collection activities involving Executive Order 12333, 1892 DOD Procedures Governing the Activities of DOD Intelligence Components affecting US persons, and NSA/Central Security Service (CSS) Policy 1-23 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 141 |
11/18/2013 | 2011 | NSA Course Materials: Introduction | Introduction to 2011 NSA Course Materials regarding the agency’s metadata collection programs under Sections 501 and 402 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 7 |
11/18/2013 | 2011 | NSA Course Materials: Module 1 | Module 1 of 2011 NSA Course Materials regarding the agency’s metadata collection programs under Sections 501 and 402 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 14 |
11/18/2013 | 2011 | NSA Course Materials: Module 2 | Module 2 of 2011 NSA Course Materials regarding the agency’s metadata collection programs under Sections 501 and 402 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 12 |
11/18/2013 | 2011 | NSA Course Materials: Module 3 | Module 3 of 2011 NSA Course Materials regarding the agency’s metadata collection programs under Sections 501 and 402 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 17 |
11/18/2013 | 2011 | NSA Course Materials: Module 4 | Module 4 of 2011 NSA Course Materials regarding the agency’s metadata collection programs under Sections 501 and 402 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 39 |
11/18/2013 | 2011 | NSA Course Materials: Module 5 | Module 5 of 2011 NSA Course Materials regarding the agency’s metadata collection programs under Sections 501 and 402 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 10 |
11/18/2013 | 2011 | NSA Course Materials: Module 6 for Analytical Personnel | Module 6 of 2011 NSA Course Materials regarding the agency’s metadata collection programs under Sections 501 and 402 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 12 |
11/18/2013 | 2011 | NSA Course Materials Module 6 for Technical Personnel | Module 6 of 2011 NSA Course Materials regarding the agency’s metadata collection programs under Sections 501 and 402 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 30 |
11/18/2013 | 01/25/2011 | January 25, 2011 United States Signals Intelligence Directive 18 | United States Intelligence Directive 18 (USSID 18) dated January 25, 2011 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 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 52 |
11/18/2013 | 2012 | 2012 Attorney General Report on Requests for Access to FISA Business Records | 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 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 3 |
11/18/2013 | FISC Opinion Granting Government Application Pursuant to Section 402 | A FISC opinion granting the government’s application seeking collection of metadata pursuant to Section 402 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 87 | |
11/18/2013 | FISC Opinion Granting Government Application to Reinstate NSA’s Bulk Electronic Metadata Program | A FISC opinion granting the government’s application seeking to reinstate NSA’s bulk electronic communications metadata program after its suspension of the program for several months to address compliance issues | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 117 | |
11/18/2013 | FISC Order and Supplemental Order | A FISC order and supplemental order in response to the government’s reporting of a compliance incident related to NSA’s dissemination of certain query results | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 12 | |
11/18/2013 | NSA PowerPoint Slide: Verification Requirements | An undated NSA PowerPoint slide describing requirements for the collection of metadata versus content | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 1 | |
11/18/2013 | NSA Summary of Requirements Under Section 501 of FISA | An undated NSA summary on requirements for the collection of bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 3 | |
10/30/2013 | 03/14/2013 | NSA: Special Operations Weekly Excerpt | An excerpt from the Special Operations Weekly – an internal NSA publication – describing data collection via the MUSCULAR program. | Press | 3 |
10/30/2013 | NSA Powerpoint Slide: Google Cloud Exploitation | An NSA Powerpoint slide showing the intersection of "Public Internet" and internal "Google Cloud" user data. | Press | 1 | |
10/28/2013 | 02/25/2009 | NSA Memo: Congressional Notification & Incidents of Compliance | An NSA memo to notify the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of compliance incidents identified under an ongoing end-to-end review of bulk telephony metadata collection under Section 215 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 2 |
10/28/2013 | 03/2009 | NSA Internal Memo of Understanding | An NSA memo of understanding and guidelines governing FISA Business Records access and queries privileges related to data collected through the bulk telephony metadata program under Section 215 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 2 |
10/28/2013 | 05/07/2009 | NSA Memo: Congressional Notification & BR FISA End-to-End Review Status | An NSA memo to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and House Permanent Selection Committee on Intelligence providing a status report about the ongoing end-to-end review of the NSA’s bulk telephony metadata collection under Section 215 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 4 |
10/28/2013 | 07/02/2009 | DOJ Letter to Judge Walton on 2009 NSA FISA Business Records Report | A cover letter from the DOJ’s National Security Division to FISC Judge Reggie B. Walton providing notice notification of the NSA’s June 25, 2009 Business Records FISA End-to-End Review Report to the Congressional Intelligence and Judiciary Committees | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 1 |
10/28/2013 | 09/10/2009 | NSA Memo: Congressional Notification & FISA Business Records Presentations for the FISC | An NSA memo to notify the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence of the agency’s presentations to several FISC judges regarding NSA’s bulk telephony metadata program under Section 215 and of FISC reauthorization of the program | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 2 |
10/28/2013 | 10/21/2009 | NSA Joint Statement Before the House: Closed Hearing on Patriot Act Reauthorization | An NSA Joint Statement Before the House Closed Hearing on Patriot Act Reauthorization by Michael Leiter, Director of National Counterterrorism Center and [Redacted], Associate Deputy Director for Counterterrorism providing information relating to the NSA’s bulk telephony metadata program under Section 215 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 7 |
10/28/2013 | 12/17/2009 | DOJ Letter to Congressman Bobby Scott, John Conyers, and Jerrold Nadler re Public Information on the Use of Section 215 | A letter from the DOJ’s Office of Legislative Affairs providing notice of Executive branch efforts with the Intelligence Committees to make a detailed report on NSA’s bulk telephony metadata program under Section 215 | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 6 |
10/28/2013 | 08/16/2010 | Cover Letter: DOJ to Congressional and Judiciary Intelligence Committees on Several FISC Documents Related to Section 215 | A letter from the DOJ’s Office of Legislative Affairs to the Congressional Intelligence and Judiciary Committees relating to the NSA collection of bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA, as amended by Section 215 of the Patriot Act | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 2 |
10/28/2013 | 04/01/2011 | NSA Memo: Geolocation Information in Mobility Data | An NSA Memo to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence regarding receipt of cell site location information and test results | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 2 |
10/28/2013 | 09/01/2011 | NSA Memo: Congressional Notification & NSA Acquisition and Use of Telephony Metadata | An NSA memo to notify the House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary of the collection of telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 4 |
10/18/2013 | 10/11/2013 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Memorandum & Primary Order | FISC memorandum and primary order granting the government's request for ongoing daily production to the NSA of "certain telephone call detail records in bulk" | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 23 |
10/14/2013 | Content Acquisition Optimization PowerPoint Slides | Internal NSA presentation detailing the collection of hundreds of millions of contact lists from around of the world. | Press | 9 | |
10/4/2013 | June 2012 | Tor Stinks | Presentation on de-anonymizing users of Tor, a tool meant to protect online anonymity. | Press | 23 |
10/4/2013 | Peeling back the layers of Tor with EgotisticalGiraffe | Presentation on EgotisticalGiraffe, a technique designed by the NSA to attack Tor users. | Press | 20 | |
10/4/2013 | Extracts from an NSA document on Tor | Extracts from an NSA document on Tor. | Press | 9 | |
9/28/2013 | 1/3/2011 | NSA Contact-Chaining Memo | NSA memo on "new contact-chaining procedures to allow better, faster analysis" of foreign intelligence targets. | Press | 3 |
9/28/2013 | NSA Social Network Graph Powerpoint Slide | An NSA powerpoint slide illustrating how phone and email data are used to graph the relationships of foreign intelligence targets. | Press | 1 | |
9/17/2013 | 8/29/2013 | FISC Amended Memorandum Opinion and Primary Order | FISC opinion justifying the NSA's phone metadata collection program. | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 46 |
9/10/2013 | 3/5/2009 | Cover Letter to Chairman of the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees | Cover letter submitting several FISC opinions and Government filings relating to the Government’s discovery and remediation of compliance incidents in its handling of bulk telephony metadata. | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 2 |
9/10/2013 | 9/3/2009 | Cover Letter to Chairman of the Intelligence and Judiciary Committees | Cover letter submitting the Government’s report to the Court and NSA’s end-to-end review describing its investigation and remediation of compliance incidents in its handling of bulk telephony. | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 2 |
9/10/2013 | 5/24/2006 | Order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | Order of the FISC approving the Government’s request for authorization to collect bulk telephony metadata under Section 501 of FISA. | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 11 |
9/10/2013 | 12/12/2008 | Supplemental Opinion from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | Opinion of the FISC concluding that the production of bulk telephony metadata records pursuant to Section 501 of FISA is not inconsistent with Sections 2702 and 2703 of Title 18 of the United States Code. | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 5 |
9/10/2013 | 1/28/2009 | Order Regarding Preliminary Notice of Compliance Incident Dated January 15, 2009 from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | Order of the FISC directing the Government to provide additional information regarding its identification and notification that NSA had improperly queried the bulk telephony metadata by using an automated “alert list” process that resulted in the use of selectors that had not been individually reviewed and determined to meet the required reasonable articulable suspicion standard. | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 5 |
9/10/2013 | 2/12/2009 | Memorandum of the United States in response to the Court's Order Dated January 28, 2009 | Memorandum of the Government providing additional information relating to the compliance incident described directly above and describing additional oversight mechanisms deployed by the Government following identification of this compliance incident. | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 121 |
9/10/2013 | 2/26/2009 | Notice of Compliance Incident | Memorandum of the Government providing the FISC with notice of additional compliance incidents identified during NSA’s ongoing end-to-end review of the telephony metadata program. | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 18 |
9/10/2013 | 3/2/2009 | Order from the Foreign Intelligence Court | In light of the compliance incidents identified and reported by the Government, the FISC ordered NSA to seek Court approval to query the telephony metadata on a case-by-case basis, except where necessary to protect against an imminent threat to human life “until such time as the Government is able to restore the Court’s confidence that the government can and will comply with the previously approved [Court] procedures for accessing such data.” | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 20 |
9/10/2013 | 6/22/2009 | Order | In response to the Government’s reporting of a compliance incident related to NSA’s dissemination of certain query results discovered during NSA’s end-to-end review, the FISC ordered the Government to report on a weekly basis, any disseminations of information from the metadata telephony program outside of NSA and provide further explanation of the incident in its final report upon completion of the end-to-end review. | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 8 |
9/10/2013 | 8/19/2009 | Report of the United States | Report of the Government describing the compliance issues uncovered during NSA’s end-to-end review, including an explanation for how the compliance issues were remedied. Attached to the Report are declarations of the value of the bulk telephony metadata program from the Directors of NSA and the FBI. | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 110 |
9/10/2013 | 6/25/2009 | Implementation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Authorized Business Records FISA | NSA's end-to-end review of it's implementation of the FISC's authorization under Section 215. | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 46 |
9/10/2013 | 9/3/2009 | Primary Order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | Statement by intelligence officials before Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on FAA reauthorization. | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 19 |
9/10/2013 | 9/25/2009 | Order Regarding Further Compliance Incidents from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | In response to the Government’s identification and notice to the FISC regarding improper dissemination of information related to an ongoing threat, the FISC ordered a hearing to inform the FISC of the scope and circumstances of the compliance incident. | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 5 |
9/10/2013 | 11/5/2009 | Supplemental Opinion and Order from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | Supplemental Opinion and Order of the FISC reiterating Court ordered restrictions on NSA’s handling of query results of the telephony metadata program, and directing the Government to provide the court with additional information regarding queries of the telephony metadata. | Government (ACLU/EFF FOIA Litigation) | 7 |
8/21/2013 | 2/9/2012 | Joint Statement at Senate Hearing Concerning FAA Reauthorization | Statement by intelligence officials before Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on FAA reauthorization. | Government | 14 |
8/21/2013 | 12/8/2011 | Joint Statement at House Hearing Concerning FAA Reauthorization | Statement by intelligence officials before House Select Committee on Intelligence on FAA reauthorization. | Government | 15 |
8/21/2013 | 5/4/2012 | Letter to HPSCI Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Ruppersberger | Letter to HPSCI Chairman Rogers and Permanent Member Ruppersberger on collection programs under FAA. | Government | 15 |
8/21/2013 | 10/31/2011 | Minimization Procedures used by NSA in Connection with FISA Section 702 | A description of the "minimization procedures" for the acquisition, retention, use, and dissemination of information about United States persons. | Government | 13 |
8/21/2013 | August 2011 | Semiannual Assessment of Compliance with Procedures and Guidelines Issued Pursuant to Section 702 | Report by attorney general and director of national intelligence on compliance with procedures and guidelines issued pursuant to Section 702 FISA. | Government | 52 |
8/21/2013 | 11/30/2011 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Opinion and Order – November 2011 | A FISC opinion concluding the NSA’s minimization procedures adequately address the deficiencies identified in the FISC’s ruling from October 3, 2011. | Government | 24 |
8/21/2013 | 9/25/2012 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Opinion and Order – September 2012 | A FISC opinion concluding the government has resolved the deficiencies identified in the FISC’s ruling from October 3, 2011. | Government | 9 |
8/21/2013 | 10/3/2011 | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Memorandum Opinion - October 2011 | A FISC opinion ruling one electronic communications collection program unconstitutional. | Government | 85 |
8/15/2013 | 1/8/2007 | NSA Memo: Targeting Rationale (TAR) | An NSA document describing how analysts should explain their targeting decisions under the FISA Amendments Act. | Press | 4 |
8/15/2013 | 10/12/2011 | FAA Certification Renewals with Caveats | An NSA document describing the FISA Court's 2011 FAA Certifications and noting the FISC ruling that certain procedures for the collection of "Multiple Communications Transactions" were "deficient on statutory and constitutional grounds." | Press | 1 |
8/15/2013 | 11/1/2011 | Slide: So you got U.S. Person Information? | An NSA training slide about what analysts should do when they acquire "U.S. person information." | Press | 1 |
8/15/2013 | 5/3/2012 | SID Oversight and Compliance | A 2012 quarterly audit of the NSA's surveillance activities, which describes 2,766 violations by the NSA of the surveillance laws and its internal rules and regulations. Read more. | Press | 13 |
8/9/2013 | 2011 | NSA Section 702 'Loop Hole' | An NSA Section 702 rule change expanding NSA targeting/surveillance authorities. | Press | 1 |
8/9/2013 | 8/9/2013 | NSA Missions, Authorities, Oversight, and Partnerships | An NSA document released under the Obama administration's guidance explaining the agency's mission, authorities, oversight, and partnerships. | Government | 7 |
8/9/2013 | 8/9/2013 | Section 215 - Obama Administration White Paper | An Obama Administration white paper on the bulk collection of telephony metadata under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act. | Government | 23 |
7/31/2013 | 2/25/2008 | NSA XKeyscore Powerpoint | An NSA training slide describing the purpose and scope of the XKeyscore Program. Read more. | Press | 32 |
7/31/2013 | 4/25/2013 | Section 215 - Primary Order | A FISC order approving the application of Section 215 for telephony metadata collection. | Government | 17 |
7/29/2013 | 7/29/2013 | Judge Walton Answers to Questions re FISC | Judge Walton's response to Senate Judiciary Committee questions about FISC operations. | Government | 30 |
7/10/2013 | 4/13/2013 | UPSTREAM Powerpoint Slide | An NSA training slide about the collection of internet and phone data from fiber-optic cable networks via the UPSTREAM program. Read more. | Press | 1 |
6/29/2013 | 4/13/2013 | PRISM Powerpoint Slides re Data Acquisition | NSA training slides about the acquisition of surveillance information through the PRISM program. | Press | 4 |
6/27/2013 | 11/20/2007 | NSA Memo to DOD - Proposed Amendment to Conduct Analysis of Metadata | A memo from the NSA to the DOD seeking approval of a proposed amendment to procedures governing the NSA's metadata analysis. | Press | 16 |
6/27/2013 | 3/24/2009 | Draft NSA IG Report | A 2009 NSA IG Report reviewing President Bush's post-9/11 surveillance programs. | Press | 51 |
6/27/2013 | 2/2/2011 | 2011 OIG Report on Bulk Collection | A DOJ report to the Senate Intelligence Committee describing the government's bulk collection program under Section 215. | Press | 9 |
06/25/20123 | 6/25/2013 | General Alexander Letter re NSA Fact Sheet Inaccuracy | A letter from General Alexander responding to Senators Wyden and Udall about the NSA's Section 702 fact sheet inaccuracy. | Government | 2 |
6/24/2013 | 6/24/2013 | Wyden-Udall Letter on NSA Fact Sheet Inaccuracy | A letter from Senators Wyden and Udall to General Alexander on a "significant" inaccuracy in the NSA's Section 702 fact sheet. | Government | 2 |
6/23/2013 | 12/14/2009 | 2009 OIG Report on Bulk Collection | A DOJ report to the House Intelligence Committee describing the government's bulk collection program under Section 215. | Press | 7 |
6/20/2013 | 7/29/2009 | FAA Minimization Procedures | FISC document describing the NSA's minimization procedures under Section 702 of FISA (the FISA Amendments Act). Read more. | Press | 9 |
6/20/2013 | 7/29/2009 | FAA Targeting Procedures | FISC document describing the NSA's targeting procedures under Section 702 of FISA (the FISA Amendments Act). | Press | 9 |
6/18/2013 | 6/18/2013 | NSA Section 702 and Section 215 Fact Sheets | NSA factsheets on Section 702 of FISA and Section 215 of the Patriot Act that were later withdrawn after Senators Wyden and Udall complained of Section 702 inaccuracies. | Government | 4 |
6/11/2013 | 7/13/2012 | NSA Boundless Informant Powerpoint Slides | NSA training slides describing the Boundless Informant tool and "mission capabilities from metadata records." | Press | 4 |
6/11/2013 | 9/6/2012 | NSA Boundless Informant Frequently Asked Questions | An NSA "Work-in-Progress" factsheet describing the Boundless Informant datamining tool. | Press | 3 |
6/6/2013 | 4/13/2013 | PRISM Overview Powerpoint Slides | NSA training slides providing an introduction and overview of the PRISM program. | Press | 4 |
6/5/2013 | 4/25/2013 | Section 215 - Secondary Order (Verizon) | A FISC order approving the application of Section 215 for Verizon metadata collection. Read more. | Press | 4 |