# April 2022 FISC Section 702 Opinion On April 21, 2022, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court issued a memorandum opinion and order concerning Section 702 certifications and compliance. ODNI and DOJ publicly released the redacted material on May 19, 2023. The disclosed record described extensive FBI noncompliant queries, while also recording remedial changes. ## Notebook evidence The release is the strongest event anchor in [[Scanned_20260730-1830]]. PDF page 7 circles May 19, 2023; pages 9 and 16 repeat `5-20-23`; pages 11–16 connect the opinion to Section 702's 2008 origin, 2018 reauthorization, and approaching sunset. ## Significance The opinion moved the notebook from targeting rules to [[Query Governance]]. It showed that lawful acquisition and compliant later access are separate questions. It also exposed the delay built into secret oversight: the court's April 2022 record became part of public debate more than a year later. ## Boundary The opinion documents categories and scale of compliance failures; it does not establish that every queried identifier produced a result, that every underlying acquisition was unlawful, or that any particular notebook subject was affected. ## Source - [[Scanned_20260730-1830]], PDF pages 7, 9, 11, 13, and 16.