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Fisa section 702 in the legal code. so the president by implication, his tweet sounded as if he was urging one position quite different, not a real gray area, the exact opposite of what the white house had said. and it would appear the president con flights soflates own personal struggles with russia investigation and larger issue. and of tom clancy pop culture back drop of all this, there has been times in u.s. history domestic spying of american citizens done by the government. that's why the foreign intelligence surveillance act was enacted to try to create the barriers. then after 9/11 the...

Robust congressional oversight of this matter. i implore you to continue to work with us on these and other important matters facing our nation. one of these matters involves a critical program for our national security. fisa section 702. this committee passed on an overwhelming, bipartisan basis, the usa liberty act, which maintains the integrity of the program, while protecting cherished civil liberties. this overwhelming vote occurred despite the department's lobbying efforts against our bill. the usa liberty act was characterized as bad for the program. highly problematic, unworkable, and ...

To the fbi which, in turn, was able to quickly identify the individual as najibullah zazi. as you know, zazi and his associate his imminent plans to detonate explosives on manhattan subway lines. after zazi and his co-conspirators were arrested, the privacy and civil liberties oversight board stated in its report, and i quote, without the initial tip-off about zazi and his plans which came about by monitoring an overseas foreigner under section 702 the subway bombing plot might have succeeded. this is just one example out of many of the impacts this authority has had on the ic's ability to thw...

Which allowed nsa to develop a robust body of knowledge concerning the personal network of haji iman and his close associates. over a two-year period, using fisa section 702 collection and in close collaboration with our ic partners, nsa produced more intelligence on haji iman's associates including their location. nsa and its tactical partners then combined this information, the section 702 collection which was continuing and other intelligence assets to identify the reclusive haji iman and track his movements. ultimately this collaboration enabled u.s. forces to attempt an apprehension of ha...

U.s. forces returned fire killing haji iman and the other associates at that location. subsequent section 702 collection confirmed haji iman's death. as you can see from this sensitive example, section 702 is an extremely valuable intelligence collection tool and one that is subject to a rigorous, effective oversight program and therefore, allow me to reiterate my call on behalf of the intelligence community without hesitation, my call for permanent reauthorization of the fisa amendments act without further amendment. mr. chairman, thank you for your patience and we would be willing to be open...