Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Requests

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Requests (1979 - 2010) 2500 Number of FISC requests - approved without any modifications 2000 Number of FISC requests - submitted by the government The numbers before 2009 represent applications made solely for electronic surveillance, applications made solely for physical search, and combined ap- plications requesting authority for electronic surveil- lance and physical search. The government did not release the number of approved applications made solely for physical searches in 2009 and 2010, though 47 and 68 applications were filed for solely physical searches in those years, respectively. 1500 1000 500 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: fas.org Graphic by Clayton Ashley Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Requests (1979 - 2010) 2500 Number of FISC requests - approved without any modifications 2000 Number of FISC requests - submitted by the government The numbers before 2009 represent applications made solely for electronic surveillance, applications made solely for physical search, and combined ap- plications requesting authority for electronic surveil- lance and physical search. The government did not release the number of approved applications made solely for physical searches in 2009 and 2010, though 47 and 68 applications were filed for solely physical searches in those years, respectively. 1500 1000 500 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: fas.org Graphic by Clayton Ashley Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Requests (1979 - 2010) 2500 Number of FISC requests - approved without any modifications 2000 Number of FISC requests - submitted by the government The numbers before 2009 represent applications made solely for electronic surveillance, applications made solely for physical search, and combined ap- plications requesting authority for electronic surveil- lance and physical search. The government did not release the number of approved applications made solely for physical searches in 2009 and 2010, though 47 and 68 applications were filed for solely physical searches in those years, respectively. 1500 1000 500 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: fas.org Graphic by Clayton Ashley Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Requests (1979 - 2010) 2500 Number of FISC requests - approved without any modifications 2000 Number of FISC requests - submitted by the government The numbers before 2009 represent applications made solely for electronic surveillance, applications made solely for physical search, and combined ap- plications requesting authority for electronic surveil- lance and physical search. The government did not release the number of approved applications made solely for physical searches in 2009 and 2010, though 47 and 68 applications were filed for solely physical searches in those years, respectively. 1500 1000 500 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: fas.org Graphic by Clayton Ashley Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Requests (1979 - 2010) 2500 Number of FISC requests - approved without any modifications 2000 Number of FISC requests - submitted by the government The numbers before 2009 represent applications made solely for electronic surveillance, applications made solely for physical search, and combined ap- plications requesting authority for electronic surveil- lance and physical search. The government did not release the number of approved applications made solely for physical searches in 2009 and 2010, though 47 and 68 applications were filed for solely physical searches in those years, respectively. 1500 1000 500 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: fas.org Graphic by Clayton Ashley Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Requests (1979 - 2010) 2500 Number of FISC requests - approved without any modifications 2000 Number of FISC requests - submitted by the government The numbers before 2009 represent applications made solely for electronic surveillance, applications made solely for physical search, and combined ap- plications requesting authority for electronic surveil- lance and physical search. The government did not release the number of approved applications made solely for physical searches in 2009 and 2010, though 47 and 68 applications were filed for solely physical searches in those years, respectively. 1500 1000 500 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: fas.org Graphic by Clayton Ashley Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Requests (1979 - 2010) 2500 Number of FISC requests - approved without any modifications 2000 Number of FISC requests - submitted by the government The numbers before 2009 represent applications made solely for electronic surveillance, applications made solely for physical search, and combined ap- plications requesting authority for electronic surveil- lance and physical search. The government did not release the number of approved applications made solely for physical searches in 2009 and 2010, though 47 and 68 applications were filed for solely physical searches in those years, respectively. 1500 1000 500 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: fas.org Graphic by Clayton Ashley