JOHN L. KANE, Senior District Judge.
WHEREAS, there is a compelling interest in preventing certain sensitive but unclassified discovery materials and other materials from being disclosed to anyone not a party to the court proceedings in this matter; such material may include information relevant to ongoing national security investigations and prosecutions; and materials implicating the privacy interests of the defendant and third parties;
AND WHEREAS, the Court has the power under Fed. R. Crim. P. 16(d)(1) and 26.2 to grant appropriate relief to the parties where required in the interests of justice;
THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED pursuant to Rule 16(d) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that the government shall segregate the discovery materials it produces to the defendant and his counsel of record into two categories: (1) general discovery materials, and (2) sensitive discovery materials. The category to which particular discovery materials belong shall be clearly identified by the government;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that as to Defendant Jamshid Muhtorov,
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that "sensitive discovery materials"
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all declassified FISA Information that is provided as part of the sensitive discovery materials in this case is now and will forever remain the property of the United States Government. Defense counsel will return the FISA Information, and all copies thereof, to the Government at the conclusion of the case. Defense counsel in receipt of FISA Information may only make copies of the FISA Information in accordance with this order. Defense counsel will permanently inscribe on any such copies the following notation: "U.S. Government Property; May Not Be Used Without U.S. Government Permission.";
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all such sensitive discovery materials are to be provided to the defense, and used by the defense, solely for the purpose of allowing the defendant to prepare his defense and that none of the sensitive discovery materials produced by the government to the defense shall be disseminated to the media;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that none of the sensitive discovery materials produced by the government to the defense shall be disseminated to the media by the government;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any papers to be served upon the Court by either party which include sensitive discovery materials or refer to the contents of sensitive discovery materials shall be filed under seal;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any papers to be served upon the Court in response to papers served in conformity with the preceding paragraph also be filed under seal;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defense counsel shall store all sensitive discovery materials, and any copies thereof, in a secure place;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other Protective Order that may be entered by the Court, the disclosure or discovery of materials that may be submitted to the Court in connection with any FISA-related litigation, including but not limited to any FISA applications, orders, or related materials, shall be governed by FISA;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all copies of the June 17, 2015 hearing transcript possessed by the defendants, their counsel, and any persons to whom they have disseminated it shall be returned to the Court's Classified Information Security Officer ("CISO"), or her designee, no later than December 9, 2015. This includes all copies of the transcript in any form; including print, electronic, or any other form of media and/or storage. All electronic copies possessed by the defendants, defense counsel and any persons to whom they have disseminated it which are stored on servers, in electronic office files, or otherwise in any way that cannot be returned to the CISO or her designee, must be permanently deleted in a manner that ensures they cannot be retrieved.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the CISO or her designee shall provide redacted copies of the June 17, 2015 hearing transcript to the defense upon a certification by defense counsel for both defendants that all copies of the transcript have either been returned or permanently deleted. It shall not be sufficient for this certification that defense counsel merely affirms that all copies of which they are aware have been returned or permanently deleted. Defense counsel must inquire with each person who received copies of the unredacted June 17, 2015 hearing transcript as to the copies they possess and the disseminations they have made, and ensure that each person return or permanently delete any copies of the transcript as set out above.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the defense not further disseminate, use, nor reference the content of any material which appeared in the unredacted form of the June 17, 2015 hearing transcript but does not appear in the redacted form, either in this case or any other case, or otherwise. The material has been classified and may not appear in any court filing or be discussed in any public hearing.
FINALLY, IT IS ORDERED that nothing in this Order shall preclude the government or the defendant from seeking a further protective order pursuant to Rule 16(d) as to particular items of discovery material.
SO ORDERED.