Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Events (48)

• Shortly After September 11, 2001-October 2005: FBI Improperly Conducts Domestic Surveillance Against US Citizens 2001-09-11
• September 13, 2001: NSA Begins Domestic Surveillance of International Telephone Communications 2001-09-13
• September 25, 2001: OLC Lawyer Yoo Authorizes Warrantless Surveillance of Communications Entering and Departing US 2001-09-25
• May 17, 2002: FISA Court Refuses to Give Justice Department Broad Domestic Surveillance Powers 2002-05-17
• November 18, 2002: FISA Review Court Defies Lower FISA Court, Gives Justice Department Surveillance Powers As Requested 2002-11-18
• April 19-20, 2004: Bush Claims All Surveillance Done with Court Warrants, Former AT&T Engineer Disputes Claim 2004-04-19
• December 15, 2005: New York Times Reveals Bush Authorized Warrantless Wiretapping of Domestic Communications 2005-12-15
• December 16, 2005: New York Times Explains Decision to Reveal NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Program 2005-12-16
• December 19, 2005: Gonzales and Hayden Defend NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Program 2005-12-19
• December 21, 2005: Judge Resigns from FISA Court In Protest of Warrantless Wiretapping Program 2005-12-21
• December 21, 2005: Reporter: Bush Tried to Quash Wiretapping Story ‘Because It Would Reveal Him as a Law-Breaker’ 2005-12-21
• December 21-22, 2005: Justice Department Justifies Usurping of Congressional Authority for NSA Wiretapping 2005-12-21
• December 24, 2005: NSA Wiretap Database Far Larger Than Administration Acknowledges 2005-12-24
• December 25, 2005: National Security Expert Challenges Legal Basis for Domestic Surveillance Program 2005-12-25
• January 23, 2006: Hayden Claims NSA Wiretapping Program Authorized by White House 2006-01-23
• February 28, 2006: Saudi Charitable Organization Sues Bush Administration Over Alleged Illegal Wiretapping 2006-02-28
• March 29, 2006: Former FISA Judges Speak Out Against Warrantless Wiretapping 2006-03-29
• May 11-12, 2006: Hayden Disputes Allegations from Former Qwest CEO about NSA Domestic Surveillance 2006-05-11
• August 17, 2006: Judge Finds NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Program Unconstitutional 2006-08-17
• January 17, 2007: Bush Administration Reaches Deal to Continue Wiretapping Program under Judge’s Authority 2007-01-17
• January 18, 2007: Gonzales Says President Has Power to Ignore Law in Interest of National Security 2007-01-18
• April 27, 2007: Goldsmith Subpoenaed in New York Times Wiretapping Leak Case 2007-04-27
• May 1, 2007: Administration Backs Off on Agreement to Issue Warrants for Wiretaps 2007-05-01
• August 3, 2007: Democrats’ Alternative to Protect America Act Fails 2007-08-03
• August 5, 2007: Protect America Act Becomes Law, Gives Government Broad New Surveillance Powers 2007-08-05
• August 6, 2007: Journalist Says Protect America Act Gives Government Capability to Create ‘Possibly Permanent Spying Outposts’ 2007-08-06
• August 6, 2007: ACLU Warns against Protect America Act 2007-08-06
• August 7, 2007: Protect America Act Another ‘Three-Step Waltz’ by Administration to Garner New Power 2007-08-07
• February 16, 2008: Analysts Say PAA Not Important in Nation’s Wiretapping Operations 2008-02-16
• February 23, 2008: Bush Insists on Telecom Immunity, Claims Democrats Put Trial Lawyers before Nation’s Safety 2008-02-23
• April 2, 2008: ACLU Learns of Justice Department’s 2001 Dismissal of Fourth Amendment 2008-04-02
• March 2001: Justice Department Investigation Finds FISA Applications Are Misleading
• October 2000: FISA Court Imposes New Requirements on Dissemination of Intelligence
• December 2005: Chief Justice Names Cheney Supporter to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
• Early 1980s: FBI Encounters Problems Passing Intelligence Information to Criminal Prosecutors, ‘Wall’ Arises
• Late 2005: Attorney General Gonzales Allegedly Stops Investigation into House Democrat in Return for Wiretapping Support
• Late 1999-Early 2000: ’Wall’ Procedures Altered for Expected Millennium Attacks
• Spring 2004: Justice Department Official Learns of NSA ‘Stellar Wind’ Domestic Wiretapping, Data Collection Program, Leaks Information to Press
• Summer-October 2000: Al-Qaeda Counterterrorism Squad Found to be Illegally Sharing Information with Prosecutors
• 2004: Justice Department Official to FISA Judge: Administration Has Used Excluded Evidence to Get Warrants
• February 2001: ’Project Groundbreaker’ Set Up to Monitor Domestic Phone Communications?
• 2005: FISA Judge Complains of Illegal Evidence Being Used to Secure Wiretapping Warrants
• Late 2005: FISA Court Learns of More Warrant Applications Based on Illegally Obtained Evidence
• Early 2006: Gonzales Misrepresents Standard for FISA Wiretap Warrants
• February 2001 and Beyond: Three US Telecom Firms Cooperate With NSA Surveillance Program; Qwest Refuses
• February 2005: Connecticut Librarians Refuse to Comply with NSL Over Hoax Terrorist Threat
• Early 2002: Bush Signs Executive Order Allowing NSA to Spy on US Citizens; Spying Began Before 9/11
• 1978: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Becomes Law