"DOJ continued to provide Congress the unclassified FISA report, which included much of the same information about the numbers of Section 215 orders approved and modified. But those reports would not have included two critical details: the fact that the sharply increasing number of modifications pertained to the FISC's imposition of minimization procedures, suggesting collection in some bulk. And the number of sensitive Section 215 orders issued under the following categories."
"In its 2008 report, the Department reported to Congress that during Calendar year 2007, the Govermnent made-six applications to the FISC for access to certain business records (including the production of tangible things) for foreign intelligence purposes. Further review of the Government's records subsequently revealed that the Government had made seventeen applications to the FISC for access to certain business records. The FISC did not deny, in whole or in part, any such application filed by the Government during calendar yea"
DOJ did not provide the classified Section 215 reports required by the 2006 PATRIOT Act Reauthorization to the Judiciary and Intelligence Committee chairs for 2009–2011; the reports were filed instead. DOJ continued to provide an unclassified FISA report that included counts of Section 215 orders approved and modified. The unclassified report did not disclose that the rising number of modifications reflected FISC-imposed minimization procedures, which suggests some bulk collection. The unclassified report also omitted counts of sensitive Section 215 orders in categories such as library records, firearms sales, tax returns, educational records, and identifiable medical records. DOJ later corrected 2007 reporting, revising six applications to seventeen.
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