the intelligence community's valuable fisa collection was thrust into the spotlight because of edward snowden. as a result the united states and its committees oversaw fisa collection authorities which already were subject to historical robust oversight. but i also think it's fair to say that some entities overreacted following snowden's disclosures and now congress must justify what courts repeatedly have upheld as a constitutional and lawful authorities. i also think that it's fair to say that nothing regarding this lawful status has changed since director clapper and attorney general holder wrote to congress in february of 2012 to urge us to pass a straight reauthorization of fisa and since the obama administration