amendments act authorizes the government to target only non-u.s. persons reasonably believed to be located outside the united states for the purposes of acquiring foreign intelligence information. section 702 cannot be used to target any person located inside the united states, and the law prohibits the government from reverse targeting, that is, targeting a non-u.s. person outside the united states specifically for the purpose of collecting the communications of a person inside the united states. the ic uses fisa 702 collection authority to detect, identify, and disrupt terrorists and other national security threats. how would you characterize 702 authority and its importance to the current intelligence collection platform overall? >> if we were to lose 702's