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And finally, i will discuss oversight and compliance and how we are ensuring and continue to ensure the rights of u.s. citizens, rights that need to be protected. at the outset, i want to stress three things as a backdrop to everything else that my colleagues and i are presenting today. first, as i mentioned, collection 702 has produced and continues to produce intelligence that is vital to protect the nation against international terrorism and other threats. secondly, there are important legal limitations found within section 702 of fisa and let me note four of these legal limitations. first,...

Fisa's regime. that decision reflected the fact that people in the united states are protected by the fourth amendment while foreigners located abroad are not. congress accomplished this in large part by providing electronic surveillance with the technology of the time. in the 1970s overseas communication were predominantly carried by satellite. fisa as passed in 1978 did not require a court order for the collection of these overseas satellite communications. so, for example, if in 1980 nasa intercepted a satellite communication of a foreign terrorist abroad no court order was required. howeve...