Title page
Contents
Executive Summary 4
Introduction 5
A. Background 5
B. Areas Covered in this Report 5
C. Statistical Fluctuations Over Time 6
D. Key Terms and Concepts 6
FISA Probable Cause Authorities 10
A. FISA Titles I and III 10
B. FISA Title VII, Sections 703 and 704 10
C. Statistics 11
FISA Section 702 13
A. Section 702 13
B. Statistics-Orders and Targets 16
C. Statistics-U.S. Person Queries 17
D. Section 702 and FBI Investigations 24
E. NSA Dissemination of U.S. Person Information under FISA Section 702 24
IC Dissemination of U.S. Person Information 28
A. ICPG 107.1 28
B. Statistics 28
FISA Criminal Use and Notice Provisions 30
A. FISA Sections 106 and 305 30
B. Statistics 30
FISA Title IV - Use of Pen Register and Trap and Trace (PR/TT) Devices 32
A. FISA Pen Register/Trap and Trace Authority 32
B. Statistics 32
FISA Title V - Business Records 34
A. Business Records FISA 34
B. Statistics - Title V Business Records Statistics Orders, Targets & Identifiers 34
National Security Letters (NSLs) 36
A. National Security Letters 36
B. Statistics - National Security Letters and Requests for Information 36
Figure 1. FISA "Probable Cause" Court Orders and TargetsFigure 11
Figure 2. FISA "Probable Cause" Targets Broken Down by U.S. Person Status 12
Figure 3. Section 702 Orders 17
Figure 4. Section 702 Targets (recall that only non-USPs are targeted) 17
Figure 5. How the IC counts U.S. Person Query Terms Used to Query Section 702 Contents 18
Figure 6. U.S.Person Query Terms Used to Query Section 702 Contents by CIA, NCTC, and NSA 18
Figure 7. How the IC counts U.S. Person Queries of Section 702 Noncontents 19
Figure 8. U.S. Person Queries of Noncontents of Section 702 by CIA and NSA 19
Figure 9. FBI U.S. Person Queries 21
Figure 10. FBI Review of Section 702 Query Results Requiring FISC Orders 22
Figure 11. Accessing the Results of FBI U.S. Person Evidence of a Crime Only Section 702 Queries 23
Figure 12. Number of FBI Investigations Opened on USPs Based on Section 702 Acquisition 24
Figure 13. Section 702 Reports Containing USP Information Unmasked by NSA 26
Figure 14. Section 702 USP Identities Disseminated by NSA 27
Figure 15. Requests for U.S. Person Identities and Decisions Regarding those Requests per ICPG 107.1 29
Figure 16. Number of Criminal Proceedings in which the Government Provided Notice of Its Intent to Use Certain FISA Information 31
Figure 17a. PR/TT Orders, Targets, and Unique Identifiers Collected 33
Figure 17b. FISA PR/TT Targets - U.S. Persons and Non-U.S. Persons 33
Figure 18. Title V Business Records Orders, Targets, and Unique Identifiers Collected 35
Figure 19. NSLs Issued and Requests for Information 37