mean? it s not just this bulk data collection program but this loan wolf provision it s called. there is a provision that allowed for wiretappings. if that happens, what will that mean for the american people? first of all, the loan wolf provision has not been used and so while i think that s important to have in there, i think the bigger concern is on the sort of winding this down instead of having a way to move forward which we have with the raus freedom act. remember the data collection has to stop. it would be much better to have a transition between the two and have a bill passed.
wiretap wiretap. so if we know there s an individual who where there s probable cause, that that individual might be engaged in a terrorist act, but is switching cell phones we can move from cell phone to cell phone. not a controversial provision. those authorities would be continued. what the usa freedom act also does is it reforms the bulk data collection program that has been of significant concern and that i promised we could reform over a year and a half ago. so we now have democrats and republicans in both the house and the senate who think this is the right way to go. we ve got our law enforcement, national security teams and civil liberties proponents and advocates who say this is the right way to go. the only thing that s standing in the way is a handful of senators who are resisting these
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agencies to use what s called a roving wiretap. if we know that there is an individual where there s probable cause, that that individual might be engaged in a terrorist act. but switching cell phones we can move from cell phone to cell phone. not a controversial provision. reforms the bulk data collection program that had been of significant concern, and i promised we could reform over a year and a half ago. we have republicans and democrats in the senate that think this is the way too early to go. law enforcement, national security teams and civil liberties proponents and advocates who say this is the right way to go.
said. that is that the justice department s inspector general this week issued a report that said the fbi can t report to a single terrorist plot that was broken up as a result of this program, isn t that a really strong argument against it? i think that report covers only a small piece of the total picture. that is to say what the fbi is looking at. nsa and others former cia officials have said that of many recent terrorist incidents affecting the homeland the bulk data collection program has been a factor in every one of them. let s be clear how intelligence works. very rare that one piece of intelligence dictates the conclusion. this nsa program is part of a lot of efforts and it is very important. you talk about the hysteria what you say is the hysteria against it and also have said that critics are of the program are engaging in mccarthy like tactics trying to scare american