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They deserve with so many questions that are being asked. i'll return to the subject of our hearing. mr. chairman, i agree the reauthorization of section 702 is terribly important. as the attacks in london, paris, manchester, melbourne and the list goes on and on, all those attacks have demonstrated terrorists continue to plot attacks that target innocent civilians. section 702 under court order collects intelligence about these potential terrorist plots. it authorizes law enforcement and the intelligence community to collect intelligence on non-u.s. persons outside the united states. where th...

I was in discussion with my british colleagues through this, as well as colleagues in other european nations and my sympathies go out to the victims and families of those that have received these heinous attacks and to the incredible resilience that these communities affected by this violence have shown. having just returned from europe less than three weeks ago, i'm reminded why section 702 is so important to our mission of not only protecting american lives, but the lives of our friends and allies around the world, and although the many successes enabled by 702 are highly classified, the pur...

Country is because their communications u.s. based networks and systems yet others have suggested imposing a fourth amendment warrant requirement on foreigners located outside the united states. this is really nsa and justice. would imposing such a warrant requirement impact our national security tools to protect america? >> i'll be happy to take the ball. yes, it would, senator. what's important to recognize is that in the absence of section 702, the department of justice and intelligence community in every case which we wanted to obtain foreign intelligence information to collect against a p...

Protect americans from terrorist attacks and i'm eager to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to make sure that we reauthorize it before the end of this year. a reauthorization of section 702 should ensure also there is robust oversight and restrictions to protect the privacy and civil liberties of americans. those protections remain in place. and if there are areas where those can be strengthened we need to look at those as well. i look forward to our hearing. >> thank you, vice chairman. let me say for all members, votes are no longer scheduled for 10:30. votes have been moved...

>> admiral rogers, this is to you. if 702 statutory authorities were to end or be dim -- diminished. what would be- >> i could not be able to recreate the insights on the russian efforts to influence the 2016 election cycle without 702 we could not have produced that level of insight. >> this is a jump ball. april 26, 2017, the court held that section 702 certifications including the targeting and minimization procedures are lawful both under fisa statute and the fourth amendment. as former director comey testified last month the only reason our laws cover the non-americans who aren't in our