understood and so i appreciate your patience as i talk through in my opening statement the value of 702 to our intelligence community and to keeping americans safe. intelligence collection under section 702 of the fisa amendment has produced and continues to produce significant intelligence that is vital to protect the nation against international terrorism, against cyber threats, weapons, proliferators and other threats. at the same time, section 702 provides strong protections for the privacy and civil liberties of our citizens. today, the horrific attacks that recently have occurred in europe are still at the top of my mind. i was just in europe days before the first attack in manchester, followed by other attackses that had subsequently taken place.