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Result. i'm aware that the senate intelligence committee staff will be meeting following this public hearing in a classified session and admiral rogers has instructed his experts to address this issue in greater detail. >> before i wrap up my remarks i want to provide one final example that i have for the purposes of today's hearing chosen to declassify using my authority as the director of national intelligence to further illustrate the value of section 702. before rising through the ranks to become the second in command of the self-proclaimed islamic state of iraq in al sham isis, haji iman ...

Followed suit in september 2012. what has changed, however, is the intensity, scale and scope of the threats that face our nation. this is not the time to needlessly roll back and handicap our capabilities. i know a lot of people will use this hearing as an opportunity to talk about the committee's russian investigation. i would like to remind everyone that 702 is one of our most effective tools against terrorism and attorney intelligence targets. i hope my colleagues and those closely watching this hearing realize that at the end of the day our constitutional obligation is to keep america and...

Congress enacted the amendments to the freedom act, the act that established the fisa, there have been no instances of intentional violations of section 702. with those points as a back drop, now let me turn to a discussion of why it became necessary for congress to enact section 702. i do this so that the american public can hopefully better understand the basis for this important law. the foreign intelligence and surveillance act was first passed in 1978 creating a way for the federal government to obtain court orders for electronic surveillance of suspected spies, terrorists and foreign dip...

Allowed nsa to gain a robust body of knowledge concerning the person network of he and his associates. over a two-year period using fisa section 702 collection and in close collaboration with our i.c. partners, nsa produced more intelligence on his institutes 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 him and track his movements. ultimately, this collaboration enabled u.s. forces to attempt an apprehension of him and two of his associates. on march 24th, 2016, ...

Understood and so i appreciate your patience as i talk through in my opening statement the value of 702 to our intelligence community and to keeping americans safe. intelligence collection under section 702 of the fisa amendment has produced and continues to produce significant intelligence that is vital to protect the nation against international terrorism, against cyber threats, weapons, proliferators and other threats. at the same time, section 702 provides strong protections for the privacy and civil liberties of our citizens. today, the horrific attacks that recently have occurred in euro...