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National security. they have -- their job is to reauthorize section 702, how we spy on isis. >> shannon: you mentioned dan coates, a former senator himself. these guys know each other but he will be pushed on those accusations that he was pressured by the president with regard to the russia investigation. we have an on the record statement coming to us saying director coates does not discuss his private conversations with the president but he has never felt pressured by the president or anyone else in the administration to influence any intelligence matters orion going investigation. we hear a...

Used to conduct surveillance on u.s. persons inside the united states who are protected by the fourth amendment. by enacting 702 in 2008 and renewing it in 2012, both times with significant bipartisan support, congress corrected this anomaly, restoring the balance of protections established by the original fisa statute. although i won't go into great detail here regarding the legal framework for fisa section 702 i will simply note a few key items. first, the statute requires annual certifications by the attorney general and by the director of national intelligence regarding the categories of f...

Was able to quickly identify the individual as azi had imminent plans. after he and his co-conspirators were arrested the oversite 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 i.c.'s ability to thwart plots against the united states citizens and our friends and allies overseas. since it was enacted nearly 10

Without further amendment is the intelligence community's top legislative priority, and based on the long history of oversight and transparency of this authority, i would urge the congress to enact this legislation at the earliest possible date to give our intelligence professionals the consistency they need to maintain our capability. let me begin today by giving an example of the impact of section 702 of fisa. it's been cited before, but i think it is worth mentioning again. an nsa fisa section 702 against an e-mail address used by an al qaeda courier in pakistan revealed communications with...

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,...