I dont know when the time is 10 30 or 10 45, but theres a vote scheduled on the senate floor. Its my intention to keep the going during that vote and well take turns going. So somebody needs to be here presiding while i go vote, and i will run over and run back, and we will do the questioning according to the fall of the gavel, or early birds, whichever rule applies. Director comey, welcome. We thank the fbi for what it does to keep america safe. There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the fbi since the last time you were here in 2015. In march, you publicly acknowledged the fbi is investigating allegations of coordination between the Trump Campaign and russias efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. Under president obamas order, former dni clapper had been in charge of the Intelligence Communitys view of that inference. Mr. Clapper testified that president obama asked the Intelligence Community to compile all available information after he left office. Mr. Clapper said ther
I dont know when the time is 10 30 or 10 45, but theres a vote scheduled on the senate floor. Its my intention to keep the going during that vote and well take turns going. So somebody needs to be here presiding while i go vote, and i will run over and run back, and we will do the questioning according to the fall of the gavel, or early birds, whichever rule applies. Director comey, welcome. We thank the fbi for what it does to keep america safe. There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the fbi since the last time you were here in 2015. In march, you publicly acknowledged the fbi is investigating allegations of coordination between the Trump Campaign and russias efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. Under president obamas order, former dni clapper had been in charge of the Intelligence Communitys view of that inference. Mr. Clapper testified that president obama asked the Intelligence Community to compile all available information after he left office. Mr. Clapper said ther
You as director of the federal bureau of investigation. Once again, thank you for being here today and we look forward to your testimony and answer to our questions. You may begin. Chairman. Ou, mr. Senator feinstein, members of the committee, thank you for having this annual oversight hearing about the fbi. I know that sound a little bit like someone saying theyre looking forward to going to the dentist, but i really do mean t mean it. I think oversight of the fbi of all parts of government, but especially the one im lucky enough to lead is essential i think it was john adams when wrote to Thomas Jefferson that power always thinks it has a great soul. The way you guard against that is having people ask hard questions. Ask good questions and demand straightforward answers and i , promise you ill do my absolute best to give you that kind of answer today. I also appreciate the conversation i know were going to have today, and over the next few months about reauthorizing , section 702 of
Especially the one im lucky enough to lead is essential. John adams wrote to Thomas Jefferson that power always thinks it has a great soul. The way you guard against that is having people ask hard questions. Ask good questions and demand straightforward answers. I promise i will do my best to give that kind of answer today. I appreciate the conversation i know we will have today and over the next few about reauthorizing section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act you mentioned mr. Chairman. This is a tool that is essential to the safety of this country. I did not say the same thing about the collection of telephone dialing information by the nsa. I think thats a useful tool. Tool, and ifential it goes away we will be less safe as a country. I will be happy to talk more about that. Thank you for engaging on that so we can tell the American People why it matters so much and why we cannot let it go away. The magic of the fbi you oversee is its people. We talk a lot about the
It runs about four hours. Conversation] we will take turns going. So, somebody needs to be here presiding while i go vote. And ill run over and run back and well do the questioning according to the fall of the gavel, or the earlybirds, whichever rule applies. Director comey, welcome. We thank the fbi or what it does to keep america safe. Theres been a lot of controversy surrounding the fbi since the last time you were here in 2015. In march you publicly fbi isedged that the investigating allegations of coordination between the Trump Campaign and russias efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. Under president obamas order, clapper had been in charge of the Intelligence Communitys review of that inference. He testified that president obama asked the Intelligence Community to compile all availa ble information. After he left office, mr. Clapper said there was no evidence of collusion. The New York Times reported that there was no proof of collusion. Where is all of this speculation abo