Secret court says it is no rubber stamp; led to changes in U.S. spying requests October 15, 2013 More than 11 years ago Summary By Carol D. Leonnig ...

Secret court argues (again) that it’s not a rubber stamp for surveillance FISC judge tells Senate Committee that the court required "substantial changes." Cyrus Farivar – Oct 16, 2013 12:20 PM ...

Created by Congress in 1978 to ensure the government doesn't abuse its surveillance powers, it operates in secret. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston has this report on how the court works.

Since it was founded in 1979, the secret court that signs off on NSA spying has rejected just 11 of the 34,000 surveillance requests it has received.

Secret-court judges upset at portrayal of ‘collaboration’ with government June 29, 2013 More than 12 years ago Summary By Carol D. Leonnig, ...

WASHINGTON - Perceptions that a secret court in the nation's capital acts as a rubber stamp for the government are wrong, the outgoing chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington said ...

John Curtis, Utah’s new senator, is taking a page from predecessor Mitt Romney and pledging to be an independent voice in the upper chamber and not necessarily a “rubber stamp” for President ...

Most Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions governing National Security Agency surveillance are classified, but the panel’s top judge disputed the idea that his court is a rubber-stamp ...

The secret U.S. court that reviews electronic surveillance and searches approves nearly every request it receives, but demands substantial changes to nearly one in four applications before giving ...

For the first time in the 200-year history of the U. S. Postal Service (USPS), a secret ”message” has been found on a postage stamp. The current $1 stamp issued September 23, 1986 has a Star ...

This conservative Court is a rubber stamp on extremism. And let's be clear: This decades-long project hinged on Republicans' ability to win elections. Our ability to get out of this mess will, too.