Filed

United States Forergn
Intelligence Surveillance Court

JAN 10 2020
UNITED STATES

l.eeAnn Flynn Hall, Clerk of Court

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT
WASHINGTON, D.C.

IN RE ACCURACY CONCERNS REGARDING

Docket No. Misc. 19-02

FBI MATTERS SUBMITTED TO THE FISC

ORDER APPOINTING AN AMICUS CURIAE
By an order issued on December 17, 2019, in the above-captioned matter, the Court
directed the government to make a "sworn written submission" by January 10, 2020, to "inform
the Court . . . of what it has done, and plans to do, to ensure that the statement of facts in each
FBI application accurately and completely reflects information possessed by the FBI that is
material to any issue presented by the application." Docket No. Misc. 19-02, Order at 3-4. If the
FBI "is not yet able to perform any of the planned steps," the submission "shall also include (a) a
proposed timetable for implementing such measures and (b) an explanation of why, in the
government 's view, the information in FBI applications submitted in the interim should be
regarded as reliable." !d. at 4.
It is critically important that FBI applications accurately and fully reflect information
_known to the Bureau that is material to those applications. In view of that significance, the
Court, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. § 1803(i)(2)(B), finds it appropriate to appoint DavidS. Kris, Esq .,
to serve as amicus curiae to assist the Court in assessing the government' s response to the
December 17, 2019, Order, and therefore

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
(1) Mr. Kris is appointed to serve as amicus curiae in the above-captioned matter to assist
the Court in assessing the government's response to the December 17, 2019, Order;
(2) The amicus curiae is invited to submit written views regarding the government's
submission by January 31 , 2020; and

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 (3) The attorney for the government in this matter shall ensure that the Attorney General
receives a copy of this Order pursuant to the notification requirement at Section 1803(i)(7).

ENTERED this

/J . day ofJanuary, 2020.

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