i was in discussion with my british colleagues through this, as well as colleagues in other european nations and my sympathies go out to the victims and families of those that have received these heinous attacks and to the incredible resilience that these communities affected by this violence have shown. having just returned from europe less than three weeks ago, i'm reminded why section 702 is so important to our mission of not only protecting american lives, but the lives of our friends and allies around the world, and although the many successes enabled by 702 are highly classified, the purpose of the authority is to give the united states intelligence community the upper hand in trying to avert these types of attacks before they transpire which is why permanent re-authorization of the fisa amendments act