The 2015 usa freedom act banned bulk collection of private records. The Senate Judiciary committee recently held a hearing on reauthorizing the legislation. Among the witnesses were officials from the fbi, the Justice Department and the nsa. This is two hours. 2015. We have two panels, basically, four parts of the act. I want the panel to tell us the good, the bad and the ugly why we need these four people, why we need to reauthorize the program n your view, what happens if we dont. Would you accept any changes . What would those changes be. And other than recite your testimony, im very interested in hearing from the National Security perspective how the usa freedom act of 2015 is still relevant in 2019 and beyond and the tools available, how theyre relevant to the fight were still in. I would end with this. Baghdadi is dead but the cause lives. The effort to penetrate our country is ongoing every day. Terrorists groups with a lot of different names are trying to come here to do us har
Live from moscow to the world this is r. T. International my names you know me hello and welcome. First this hour where the chinese territories and bottle leader has acknowledged their weekend election right where antigovernment candidate secured a lot slide. May have reflected on happiness with the. People who felt that the government has not handled competently the. Legislative exercise and. And we have started public dialogue with the community but unfortunately with the unstable environment and a chaotic situation i could not do more of that sort of i hope that the environment allow me to do it. Record. The opposition candidate swept up 90 percent of District Council seats the win is largely symbolic because councils deal mostly with local issues little political leverage but they do have some say in choosing hong kongs leader after a brief election lol the already months long protests resumed in Hong Kong Police urged police to go easy on the dozens of protesters whove been barric
Just after 4 in the afternoon here in moscow this tuesday november the 26th welcome to our 2 international with me. We begin in hong kong where the chinese. Leader has acknowledged the weekend election rights. Come to. Light. It may have reflected on happiness with authorities. People who felt that government has not handled competently the. Legislative exercise. And we have started up that dialogue with the community but unfortunately with the unstable and vironment and chaotic situation i could not do more of that sort of i hope that the environment. Do it now or following sundays record turnout opposition candidate swept up in 90 percent of District Council seats the win is largely symbolic because consulates deal mostly with local issues and have little political leverage but they do have some say in choosing hong kongs leader now after a brief election lull the protests resumed in hong kong people as police to go easy on the dozens of protesters who barricaded themselves in the Po
So it is important to keep that comparison in mind. Something more extensive on the National Security side than on the criminal side. I want to make that clear theres nothing special. You took a lot of my time. A brief question but a good question. Let me raise one last issue. The solicitor general, donald borrelia, assured the Supreme Court any criminal defendant who was being prosecuted losing evidence directly or indirectly through surveillance authorized by section 702 of the fisa amendment would receive notification of that fact. That kind of notice is essential, and the lawfulness of surveillance. And after mister borrelia made that representation. Is not informing, the defendants when surveillance was used to build a case against them. They have changed since then. Hope it is an easy one for you. The department of justice always in forms, the defendants in the case against them build on evidence gained through 702 surveillance. The standard in the statute is evident, obtained or
Reauthorizing the freedom act of 2015. Two panels, basically for parts of the act. Im of the panels to tell us the good, the bad, the ugly, why we need these four tools, why we need to reauthorize the program in your view, what happens if we dont, would you accept any changes . What with those changes be . Im very interested in hearing from the National Security perspective how the usa freedom act of 2015 is still relevant in 2019 and beyond, and the tools available to Law Enforcement and Intelligence Community provided by this act, how they are relevant to the fight we are still in, baghdadi is dead, but the cause lives or the effort to penetrate our countrys ongoing every day. Terrorist groups of different names are trying to come here to do us harm and to americans abroad. The war is far from over. No air force to shoot down, no navy to sink, no capital to conquer. This is an ideology that must be combated and those that embrace this ideology embrace death. The only way you protect