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Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
We urge the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to follow the House’s lead and to recommend that backdoor searches under section 702 be prohibited. Such access should be granted only when the government has obtained an order from the FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] Court upon a showing of probable cause that the U.S. person whose communications are sought is an agent of a foreign power.
Brief of Amici Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers—New Jersey.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and New York Council of Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant.
Brief of Amicus Curiae for the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of the Appellee.
