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To find out why we were n able to come to a specific number of collection on u.s. persons. i told you i would consult with admiral rogers. i told you i would go to the national security agency to try to determine whether or not i was able to do that. i went out there. i talked to them. they went through the technical details. there were extensive efforts on the part of -- i learned on the parts of nsa to try to come to get you an appropriate answer. we were not able to do that. >> mr. director, respectfully, that's not what you said. you said, and i quote, we are working to produce a relevant ...

The answer is no, as i understand it. i'm not sure i'm familiar with the particular media report you're referring to. >> i want to ask this because it is important. did the nsa routinely and extensively and repeatedly file the rules that were put in place in 2011 to minimize the risk of collection of upstream information? >> have we had compliance incidents? yes. have we reported every one to the court? yes. have we reported to the congressional oversight in congress? yes. have we reported it to the department of justice and the director of national intelligence? yes. >> did -- under the obama...

>> thank you, mr. chair. >> senator? >> director mccabe, on may 11th when you were before this committee, you said that there has been no effort to impede the russian instigation. is that still your position? >> it is. let me clarify, senator. i think you're referring to the exchange i had with senator rubio. my understanding, at least my intention in providing that answer, was whether or not the firing of director c eo eor comd a negative impact on our investigation. my response was then and is now that the fbi investigated and continues to investigate, and now, of course, under the rubric of...

The chair is going to recognize senator wyden for one question on section 702. >> i appreciate the courtesy. this one, director coats, i would like a "yes" or "no" answer on. could the government use the fisa section 702 to collect communications it knows are entirely domestic? >> not to my knowledge. it would be against the law. >> thank you. >> senator warner. >> again, i want to thank all the witnesses, but i come out of this hearing with more questions then when i went in. gentlemen, were both willing to somehow characterize your conversations with the president. you didn't feel pressure, ...

Previous comment. >> then in the interest of time, i'll ask both of you, has anyone ever asked you, now or in the past, this administration or any administration, to issue a statement that you knew to be false? >> for me, i stand by my previous statement. i've never been directed to do anything in the course of my three plus years as director of the -- >> not directed, asked. >> th-- that i felt to be inappropriate nor have i felt pressured to do so. >> have you been asked to say something that isn't true? >> i stand by my previous statement. >> director coats? >> i do likewise. >> i'll ask th...