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Fisa section 702 in the legal code. so the president by implication, his tweet sounded as if he was urging one position quite different, not a real gray area, the exact opposite of what the white house had said. and it would appear the president con flights soflates own personal struggles with russia investigation and larger issue. and of tom clancy pop culture back drop of all this, there has been times in u.s. history domestic spying of american citizens done by the government. thats why the f...

Robust congressional oversight of this matter. i implore you to continue to work with us on these and other important matters facing our nation. one of these matters involves a critical program for our national security. fisa section 702. this committee passed on an overwhelming, bipartisan basis, the usa liberty act, which maintains the integrity of the program, while protecting cherished civil liberties. this overwhelming vote occurred despite the departments lobbying efforts against our bill....

To the fbi which, in turn, was able to quickly identify the individual as najibullah zazi. as you know, zazi and his associate his imminent plans to detonate explosives on manhattan subway lines. after zazi and his co-conspirators were arrested, the privacy and civil liberties oversight board stated in its report, and i quote, without the initial tip-off about zazi and his plans which came about by monitoring an overseas foreigner under section 702 the subway bombing plot might have succeeded. t...

Which allowed nsa to develop a robust body of knowledge concerning the personal network of haji iman and his close associates. over a two-year period, using fisa section 702 collection and in close collaboration with our ic partners, nsa produced more intelligence on haji imans associates including their location. nsa and its tactical partners then combined this information, the section 702 collection which was continuing and other intelligence assets to identify the reclusive haji iman and trac...

U.s. forces returned fire killing haji iman and the other associates at that location. subsequent section 702 collection confirmed haji imans death. as you can see from this sensitive example, section 702 is an extremely valuable intelligence collection tool and one that is subject to a rigorous, effective oversight program and therefore, allow me to reiterate my call on behalf of the intelligence community without hesitation, my call for permanent reauthorization of the fisa amendments act with...

Seniority for questions up to five minutes. with that, gentlemen, thank you for being here today. director coats, you are recognized to give testimony on behalf of all four of you. the floor is yours. >> thank you, mr. chairman. chairman burr, chairman warner, members of the committee, we are pleased to be here today at your request to talk about an important and perhaps the most important piece of legislation that affects the intelligence community. i am here with my colleagues. i would liketo...

To target u.s. persons anywhere in the world. third, they may not be used to target anyone located inside the united states regardless of their nationality, and fourth, they may not be used to target a foreign person when the intent is to acquire the communications of a u.s. person with whom a foreign person is communicating. this is generally referred to as the prohibition against reverse targeting. the third item i would like to stress is that we are committed to ensuring that the intelligence...

Congress enacted the amendments to the freedom act, the act that established the fisa, there have been no instances of intentional violations of section 702. with those points as a backdrop, now let me turn to a discussion of why it became necessary for congress to enact section 702. i do this so that the american public can hopefully, better understand the basis for this important law. the foreign intelligence and surveillance act was first passed in 1978. creating a way for the federal governm...

Seniority for questions up to five minutes. with that, gentlemen, thank you for being here today. director coates, you are recognized to give testimony on behalf of all four of you. the floor is yours. >> thank you, mr. chairman, chairman burr, chairman warner, members of the committee. were pleased to be here today to talk about the most important piece of legislation that affects the intelligence community. im here with my colleagues. i would like to take the opportunity to explain in some det...

It also made him a top focus of the nsas counter terrorism efforts. nsa, along with its ic partners, spent over two years from 2014 to 2016 looking for haji iman. this search was ultimately successful primarily because of fisa section 702. indeed, based almost exclusively on intelligence activities under section 702, nsa collected a significant body of foreign intelligence about the activities of haji iman and his associates beginning with non-section 702 collection, nsa learned of an individual...