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 community's use of 702 is consistent with the law and the protection of the privacy and civil liberties of americans, and to that end, in the nearly ten years since congress enacted the faa, there have been no instances of intentional violations of section 702. i'd like to repeat that. in the nearly ten years since