WT 2A
Report of Application and/or Order Authorizing Interception of Communications (Federal)
WT 2A, Report of Application and/or Order Authorizing Interception of Communications (Federal), is the federal version of the WT-2 wiretap report to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. The U.S. Courts list it under Other Forms. It is not a form members of the public file: the guidance on the U.S. Courts page says 18 U.S.C. § 2519 requires both judges and prosecutors to report on Title III wiretap applications to the Administrative Office on an annual basis.
The form has two parts. Part 1 (Judge's Report) covers the judge, the officials and agency involved, the most serious offense, the type of order, the duration and extensions, the type of intercept and the judge's endorsement. Part 2 (Prosecutor's Report) covers installation, the intercepts, encryption, costs, results and comments. The printed form is marked Rev. 07/2025. The U.S. Courts page lists it as effective on August 1, 2015 and updated on January 6, 2025, and names WT 2B, the State/County/Local version, as a related link.
This page explains the form in plain words and is not legal advice. The officials completing it can fill it out free in the browser on this page and download the result without an account.
The judge authorizing or denying the application, the official making the application, the authorizing official at the Department of Justice, the prosecutor submitting the application, and the law enforcement agency conducting the wiretap.
The most serious offense, with its title and section in some cases, and the type of order: standard, or one of the roving order choices for wire, electronic and oral communications.
For the original request and each extension: the number of days, the date of application, denied or granted, the date of the decision and any date modified or amended, with totals for extensions and days authorized.
The type of intercept (wire, oral or electronic), the location of a listening device for oral intercepts only, the judge's endorsement and the person who prepared the report.
Whether the wiretap was never installed, installed but not used, or installed and used, then the termination date, days in use, communications and persons intercepted, incriminating communications and encryption.
Personnel and resource costs rounded to the nearest dollar, arrests, motions to suppress, convictions and trials, a comments and assessment box, and the prosecutor and report preparer.
The guidance lists situations where a WT-2 Part 1 is not submitted, such as orders issued with the consent of a principal party, when only a body microphone is used, or when the order is related to a sealed terrorism case.
Fill in Sections 1 to 8B. The guidance says the No. of Days should typically be 30 days and cannot exceed that in the original request or any single request for extension.
The form says to click Validate Part 1, save a PDF with a unique file name, email it to [email protected], give an electronic copy to the official making the application, and keep a copy for the judge's files.
Fill in installation, intercepts, costs and results. The guidance says costs or results not known yet are reported later on a WT-3 supplementary report.
Section 13 says not to include the target's name, address, phone numbers, name of gangs, or other sensitive information.
The form says to validate, save a PDF and email it to the Federal Law Enforcement Agency Contact, who will review it and submit it to the DOJ's Office of Enforcement Operations, and to keep a copy.
You get the real form, filled in a browser tab, with nothing standing between you and the finished PDF.
The form says Part 1 is to be reported by January 31 for denied applications and for approved applications for orders that expired during the preceding year, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2519(1).
The form says Part 2 is to be reported by March 31 for denied applications and for approved applications for orders that expired during the preceding year, pursuant to 18 U.S.C 2519(2).
Part 1 is emailed to [email protected]. The guidance says Part 2 forms go to the Law Enforcement Agency Contact for the DOJ's Office of Enforcement Operations and should not be sent directly to the Administrative Office.
The guidance says the Administrative Office does not accept WT-2 forms by fax or regular mail except under rare circumstances when a court cannot submit electronically.
The guidance says not to include the name, telephone number, address, or any potentially identifying information about any subject of the wiretap anywhere on the report.
The form and its page do not print a fee.
WT 2A is a reporting form for judges, court staff and federal prosecutors, not a form for the public. The form and its guidance name these roles.
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The guidance says judges are required to complete and submit Part 1, and prosecutors are required to complete and submit both Part 1 and Part 2. It is not a form for members of the public.
The form says Part 1 is to be reported by January 31 and Part 2 by March 31, for denied applications and for approved applications for orders that expired during the preceding year.
The guidance says a Part 1 is not submitted when an order is issued at the request or with the consent of a principal party, when a police officer or informant is a party, when only a body microphone is used, when a pen register is used alone, or when the order is related to a sealed terrorism case.
The form says to use its last page, which has rows for the 7th through 36th extensions.
The guidance says not to include the name, telephone number, address, or any potentially identifying information about any subject of the wiretap, and that the Administrative Office is not authorized to collect it.
WT 2A is the federal version. The U.S. Courts page links WT 2B as the State/County/Local version. WT 2A has a section for the authorizing official at the Department of Justice and routes Part 2 through the Office of Enforcement Operations.
