NSA Documents Released to the Public Since June 2013
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.
Key:
Date Released
Date of Document
Title of Document
Description
Releasing Entity (Press or Govt.)
No. of Pages
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