I know were in the greatest country in the history of the earth, your ideas matter. For more information go to our website studentcam. Org. Next, the House Judiciary Committee holds an oversight hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Survey surveillance act of fisa. Congress has until the end of the year to renew pfizer provisionpfizerprovisions. They testify and how provisions are being used [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee of the judiciary will come to order and without objection declare recess at the committee of anytime. We welcome everyone to this morning. An oversight of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. The Judiciary Committee is holding todays hearing to carry out one of the most important tasks. To ensure that the tools used by our government to keep us safe are consistent with their values and with the freed
Informal diplomatic immunity and traveled freely through enemy lines. Probably the only american citizen permitted to do so during the entire war. Explore our nations past on American History tv every weekend on cspan3. Now its an oversight hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act also known as fisa. The House Judiciary Committee is considering whether to renew several fisa provisions including roving wiretap authority which are said to expire at the end of the year. Representatives from the Justice Department, fbi, and National Security agency testify. This is just over two hours and ten minutes. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing, oversight of the federal Intelligence Surveillance act. Ill now recognize myself for an opening statement. The Judiciary Committee is holding todays hearing to carry out one of its most important tasks. To ensure that the tools used boby our go
Citizens are truly influenced. Get it straight from the source on cspan, unfiltered, unbiased word for word from the Nations Capital to wherever you are, because if the opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Announcer assistant secretary of state for intelligence and Research Discusses Foreign Surveillance and intelligence gathering and its impact on u. S. Diplomacy abroad during an event hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. Section 702 allows the government to conduct targeted surveillance of nonu. S. Section 702 allows the government to conduct targeted surveillance of nonu. S. Persons located outside the United States. When it was reauthorized in 2017 congress concluded a sunset provision, and as a result of that these authorities are set to expire at the end of this year, unless Congress Reauthorizes its use. Todays discussion is going to highlight this one aspect of 702, which is the ways in w
Providers. Giving you a front row seat to democracy. We are joined today by george crohn or. He is the National Security Program Senior fellow at the Foreign Policy research institute. Well be talking about the reauthorization debate surrounding section 702 of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. Good morning, george. Good morning to you. Thanks for having me on the program. Thanks so much for joining us. Lets start off, sections 702 is close to sunset at the end of the year. Congress is supposed to extend it. What does that allow the u. S. Government to do and how is it different from other types of surveillance that the government has authorized . Sure. Whats 702 allows the government to do is to target nonu. S. Persons, foreigners, not u. S. Persons, reasonably believed to be located outside of United States. So they are outside of the domestic u. S. , to acquire foreign intelligence information. And it does that and is implemented principally by the National Security agency,
Authorization by a foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. This is about two and half hours. [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] the media will come to order, good morning. Before we start i want to address some housekeeping matters. First, todays open portion is being broadcast live. And streamed on the committees youtube channel. We conducted entirely on an unclassified basis. All participants are reminded to refrain from discussing classified or other information protected from public exposure. It is my privilege to welcome a distinguished panel of leaders today to discuss Intelligence Committee anti threat assessment rate during todays proceedings we will hear from Lieutenant General scott director of the Defense Intelligence agency by the honorable William Burns director of the Central Intelligence agency. The honorable admiral intelligence, general paul, director of the National Security agency. And the honorable Chri