Order (August 23, 2013)

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UNITED STATES
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT
WASHINGTON, D. C.
IN RE APPLICATION OF TI-IE FEDERAL
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR AN
ORDER REQUIRING TI-IE PRODUCTION
OF TANGIBLE TI-IINGS FRO~
ORDER
Docket Number: BR 13-109
The Judge who authored the Memorandum Opinion and Primary Order in this matter has
made a sua sponte request, pursuant to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) Rule
62(a), for the publication of those docwnents. See Mem. Op. at 29. Rule 62(a) provides in
pertinent part:
The Judge who authored an order, opinion, or other decision may sua sponte ...
request that it be published. Upon such request, the Presiding Judge, after
consulting with other Judges of the Court, may direct that an order, opinion or
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other decision be published. Before publication, the Court may, as appropriate,
direct the Executive Branch to review the order, opinion, or other decision and
redact as necessary to ensure that properly classified information is appropriately
protected pursuant to Executive Order 13526 (or its successor).
Upon consideration of the Judge's request, and after consultation among the judges of
this Court pursuant to FISC Rules 62(a), it is HEREBY ORDERED as follows:
1. 	The Government shall conduct a declassification review of (a) this Court's
Memorandum Opinion of August 22, 2013, in this docket, and (b) this Court's
Primary Order of July 19, 2013, in this docket.
2. 	The Government shall report to the Court by August 30, 2013, with estimated dates
by which it will be able to complete its review of the two documents identified above.
SO ORDERED, this J.?l<iay of August, 2013.
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Judge, United States Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Court
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