Thank you. Wrote. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for holding an open and public hearing. Myself withto align the senators. Everyone in this room and other senators know i represent the nationals 38 and he. People get up every day. We have seen the revelations of eric snowden and we are not here to debate whether he was a traitor or a whistleblower. But i will say this. I am deeply disturbed that, while i support the need to review the to 15 project, to actually even examine it, i do not see the continual immunization of the nationals cured agency, whether in the media or in other forms. National security agency, whether in the media or in other forms. People do a whole host of other things to keep america safe. Eric snowden had his time. He gets an hour on tv. Row from brian williams. We ought to say to the National Security staff, that while we looked at the persecution a la the of other issues here, that we do not i have always maintained our must be constitutional, legal, authorize
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Further ensuring that individuals privacy isnt properly protected without sacrificing operational effectiveness. To that end, we support the usa freedom act as an effective means of addressing the concerns that have been raised about the impact of our activities while preserving the authorities we need for National Security. We are urge this committee to give the house bill serious consideration as expeditiously as possible, consistent with this committees elaborations. We are ready to work with the senate to clarify language in the bill as necessary. In closing, we appreciate the committees leadership, in particular your support over the past year in considering issues related to our intelligence collection activities and privacy and Civil Liberties issues. We also appreciate your support for the men and women working throughout the Intelligence Community that includes the nsa, that remained dedicated to keeping our nation safe and protecting our privacy, and to have upheld the oath b
For the purposes of getting on top of this and working with all of you, my question today is how many of these warrantless searches for Americans Communications have been conducted under section 702 . For you, mr. Ledgett. July, senator wyden thank you, senator wyden. The searches under the onlyment, section 702, are conducted under unlawfully acquired data and under approved procedures. The searches are not just conducted by nsa. They involve other agencies as well. We have provided, as you know, detailed information to the committee on the background on this, and we will work with the to and the rest of the ic provide information to you. So, when will i get an answer to the question . It is a specific question. The director admitted to me in a letter that the wireless searches are taking place that the war and this searches are taking place, and i am asking how many warrantless searches are taking place, and i am asking how many . I would like it within two weeks. Yes, sir. Can we ha
The bulk metadata. To be clear, the president called for this transition not because the program was illegal or was being abused, but rather to give the public greater confidence that their privacy is being appropriately protected while maintaining the tools that our intelligence and Law Enforcement agencies need. The bill would also provide Greater Transparency to the public concerning intelligence activities and authorize the Surveillance Court to appoint independent amicus so alternative views could be heard. Mentioned, hr 3361 establishes a new mechanism under section 215 that permits the government to access telephony metadata without having to collect it in bulk. It includes all of the Key Attributes identified by the president in march for a new program, including, in particular, a requirement that absent an emergency situation, the government would obtain the records only pursuant to individual orders from the fisa court, approved with the use of certain selection terms for suc