In a letter to the Congress on January 17, 2007, then Attorney General Gonzales announces that a judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: "had issued orders authorizing the government to target for collection international communications where there is probable cause to believe one of the communicants is a member or agent of Al Qaeda or an associated terrorist group. As a result of these orders, any electronic surveillance that was occurring as part of the Terrorist Surveillance Program will now be conducted subject to the approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court."