The opinion, written by Judge Gerard E. Lynch, contains an excellent summary of the evolution of the PATRIOT Act as it relates to Section 215, telephone metadata in general, and the history of ...

As Section 215 stands today—in the reauthorized version of the Patriot Act passed in 2005—“tangible things” (aka user data) sought in a FISA order “must be ‘relevant’ to an ...

On October 1, 2009, the Wisconsin senator issued an additional warning about Section 215 during a Senate Judiciary hearing: "Mr. Chairman, I am also a member of the intelligence Committee.

DETROIT -- Citing improvements to the law, the American Civil Liberties Union today withdrew a three-year-old lawsuit over Section 215 of the Patriot Act, but said it is prepared to defend individuals ...

Second Circuit rules, mostly symbolically, that current text of Section 215 doesn’t authorize bulk surveillance May 7, 2015 More than 10 years ago By Orin Kerr ...

Section 215 conferred subpoena-like authority to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to order companies, organizations, and other third party entities to turn over records and other ...

WASHINGTON — In a special Sunday session, the Senate surpassed the 60 votes necessary to end debate on the USA Freedom Act, a bill to amend the Patriot Act’s Section 215 and other surveillance ...