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,
Being estimates on quarterly sales. We will have an exclusive interview with the companys chief executive. Welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. And im anna edwards. I am anna edwards. The governor of swedens Central Bank Says he is ready to expand his Bond Purchase Program and will not rule out intervention on his countrys currency. You never know. We are in a very uncertain world. That would not be our first choice, but never say never. It has been a tumultuous week for europe on two fronts. Gridlock talks over the future of greeces a program. Bailout talks have resumed in hopes of a new contract. And a ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine was the result of over 18 hours of negotiations in minsk. The collapse of previous provinces has left the eu skeptical to leaders threatened russia with fresh sanctions should the ceasefire collapsed. Lets get to hans nichols who is following this story on both fronts. What is the latest from the leaders in brussels . Grexit good morning. It is cautious