The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) only hears one side — the government’s side — of any case. The public almost never learns about the rulings from the “secret” FISA court. The Justice Department has asked the court to reject the ACLU request to release some of its secret opinions. The government has also filed motions for an extension of time to respond to Microsoft and Google, regarding the tech giants’ requests to release aggregate FISA order statistics. The data is stored; it’s searchable and it’s intrusive.”]