News reports about the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election. The hearing is twoandahalf hours. I call this hearing to order. I would like to thank our witnesses today, director of National Intelligence dan coats, welcome back to your family here in the United States senate. Department of Justice Deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. Director of National Security rogers, andral mike acting director of the federal bureau of investigation, andrew mccabe, welcome. I appreciate you coming to discuss one of our most critical and publicly debated foreign intelligence tools. Title vii of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, commonly known as fisa, is set to expire on december 31, 2017. Title vii includes several crucial foreign intelligence collection tools, including one known primarily as section 702. Section 702 provides the capability to target foreigners who are located outside the United States, but whose Foreign Communications happen to be routed to and a
Unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Week, the Senate Intelligence committee considered reauthorization of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, which is set to expire at the end of the year. Those testifying were Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein, director andrew mccabe, National Intelligence director dan coats, and nsa director admiral michael rodgers. Lawmakers also asked about the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 president ial election and private conversations between the witnesses and President Trump. This is just over two an half hours. Afterwards, we plan to take your calls on this hearing and others like it this week that focused on the rush investigation. Id like to call this hearing to order. I call this hearing to order. O thank our witnesses today, director of National Intelligence, dan coats, dan welcome back to your
Homeland security jay johnson. Mr. Johnson, thank you very much for being here this morning. As a reminder to our members, we are and will remain in opposition. This hearing will address only unclassified matters. To our guests in the audience, welcome. We appreciate the public and media interest in the committees important work. We would expect proper decorum will be observed at all times and disrussians to todays proceedings will not be tolerated. At this point in time, mr. John be so, will you please rise and take an oath. Do you swear that the testimony will be the truth so hen you god . Thank you. Thank you, secretary johnson, for being here today. This committees charged with getting to the bottom of the facts regarding russias involvement in the 2016 elections and what if not steps were taken by the u. S. Government to prevent such interference in our election. While our investigation seeks to get to the truth of what happened during last years elections, it also seeks to provid
Homeland security jay johnson. Mr. Johnson, thank you very much for being here this morning. As a reminder to our members, we are and will remain in opposition. This hearing will address only unclassified matters. To our guests in the audience, welcome. We appreciate the public and media interest in the committees important work. We would expect proper decorum will be observed at all times and disrussians to todays proceedings will not be tolerated. At this point in time, mr. John be so, will you please rise and take an oath. Do you swear that the testimony will be the truth so hen you god . Thank you. Thank you, secretary johnson, for being here today. This committees charged with getting to the bottom of the facts regarding russias involvement in the 2016 elections and what if not steps were taken by the u. S. Government to prevent such interference in our election. While our investigation seeks to get to the truth of what happened during last years elections, it also seeks to provid
Good morning. Ive asked Rick Crawford to open with a plan. Lord, thank you for the blessing of this nation. I ask that her people would strive to be worthy of that blessing. Prey for humility and temperance and all that we do be pleasing to you. Amen. In consultation with adam, without objection i make a motion to give each member seven minutes to question the witnesses. Is there discussion on the motion . Ask unanimous consent. Everybody would get seven, including adam and i. Thank you. The meet would go come to order. Id like to welcome our witness, former head of National Security, jeh johnson. As a reminder, we are and will remain in open session. This will address only unclassified matters. To our guests, welcome. We appreciate the public and media interest in the committees work. Disruptions to todays proceedings will not be tolerated. At this point in time, mr. Johnson, will you please rise and take an oath . Do you swear or affirm the testimony you will give before this committ