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Actually, Judge Rosemary Collyer is one of the good guys. She produced the 99 page document that criticized the abuses of the government in the FISA process. If you read her responses, she is recommending that Nunes and Goodlatte go to DOJ for a faster response and she added that she has no objection to the Executive Branch providing access to the subject material.

Judge Collyer is raising constitutional issues about the prerogative of the court to release such information. Overall, I see her response as being a positive one. She is putting the ball in the hands of DOJ and the Executive Branch. Perhaps, Trump should step in and signal his willingness to give this information to Congress.

I generally agree - release of the April 2017 Court order was within the jurisdiction of the Court i.e. it was the Court's work product that was produced though I'm not sure if her signoff was required for DNI Coats to declassify. In this case it would presumably be a signed + stamped copy of the FISA warrant. She indicates that F-I/D-J has most if not all of the relevant documents and suggests there was no transcript (understanding is sometimes these applications can even take place by phone). She provides clearance for feds to turn over relevant docs to Congress so they can't seek any further cover. She notes that this request is the first ever received and it's "novel" worthy of consideration (as it is). There is precedence involved here and, under any other circumstances, we don't want Congress demanding + receiving all kinds of things from judiciary; the problem here is that the highest Court(s) and law enforcement agencies have been corrupted ;(

I wholeheartedly agree, Rosemary Collyer is “one of the good guys.” In my experience with her she went after anyone who broke the law, no matter which side, and that was a big reason she didn’t get renominated to her former position. When I talk to people about my 35 years of Federal service her name is at the top of the list for fairness, intelligence, and being a decent person looking out for the working men and women of the U.S. I can’t think of a higher endorsement.