Assembled here are protective orders used by federal judges in criminal prosecutions in national security cases. Among the most important goals of the protective orders here is the protection of classified information.

Most courts come into contact with classified information infrequently, if at all, but when they do, they are faced with the dilemma of how to protect government secrets in the context of an otherwise public proceeding.

Cases related to terrorism often pose unusual and challenging case-management issues for the courts.

Order, In re NSA Telecommunication Records Litigation, No. 3:06-md-1791 (N.D. Cal. June 5, 2009), D.E. 643.