FISC Opinion and Order re 1809A
Document Date:
September 20, 2012
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Agency:
Government
Document Type:
FISA Court Orders/Opinions
Legal Authority:
FISA Amendments Act
Records Collected:
Telephone Content, Internet Content
This opinion from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on September 20, 2012 approves the acquisition of "certain telephone and Internet communications pursuant to Section 702" of FISA. The court finds that the NSA has adopted sufficient measures to limit dissemination of reports gathered through unauthorized upstream collection, "greatly reduc[ing] the risk that the NSA will run afoul of Section 1809(a)(2)."