Declassified Intelligence Community Documents

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is declassifying a large group of important documents pertaining to NSA surveillance programs under Section 702 of FISA. I will keep updating this list as more files become available. We will be reading and processing the documents over the course of the evening, and will have commentary and analysis available as soon as possible.

DNI James Clapper’s cover letter announcing the document release October 3, 2011 — Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Memorandum Opinion and Order (J. Bates) November 30, 2011 — Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Memorandum Opinion and Order (J. Bates): Part 1 and Part 2 September 25, 2012 — Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Memorandum Opinion and Order (J. Bates) December 8, 2011 — Lisa Monaco, John C. (“Chris”) Chris Inglis, Robert Litt - Statement for the Record before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence February 9, 2012 — Lisa Monaco, John C. (“Chris”) Inglis, Robert Litt - Statement for the Record before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence May 4, 2012 — Section 702 Congressional White Paper, The Intelligence Community’s Collection Programs Under Title of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act May 4, 2012 — Letter to The Honorable Mike Rogers and C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger transmitting May 4, 2012. Section 702 Congressional White Paper entitled The Intelligence Community’s Collection Programs Under Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act May 4, 2012 — Letter to The Honorable Diane Feinstein and Saxby Chambilss transmitting May 4, 2012. Section 702 Congressional White Paper entitled The Intelligence Community’s Collection Programs Under Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act October 31, 2011 — 2011 Minimization Procedures Used by the National Security Agency in Connection with Acquisitions of Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Information Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, as amended August 2013 — Semi-Annual Assessment of Compliance with the Procedures and Guidelines Issued Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Submitted by the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence