at the end of last year, we heard about this in baltics, ukraine and georgia. and a lot of times they re using shell companies, as are other entities, half of all homes in the u.s. worth $5 million being used by shell companies. do you think the fbi should use it s existing authority in requiring more transparency in luxury real estate transactions. i think you said at the beginning that you re more likely to find a terrorist not with his finger on a bomb, but with his hands on a check. senator, i m not familiar with the particular program you describe, but i can tell you that i strongly agree that following the money is to me law enforcement 101. whether it s for organized gangs or drug trafficking or terror m
i know maybe a handful of cases nationwide maybe one instance in my state, so i think we should look at that, because there are misconceptions about how the program is run, whether or not there were any abuses of it. if those are true, we need to work on that. i think threatening or sending uncertainty out there could have a chilling effect on investments at local law enforcement will make in anticipation of some of the resources that better enable them to work with the agency that i m commenced or going to be heading up. can we talk about going to section 215 and 702 and the importance you believe it has for the investigative process? yes, senator. the of course, it has been years since i dealt with fisa. which i did, you know, quite a bit in my past tour of duty in government service. and 702 itself was passed after i had left government. but from everything i ve heard from the intelligence community, just like i said earlier, that i
georgia. and a lot of times they re using shell companies as are other entities, homes in the u.s. worth $5 million using shell company companies. would you require more transparency in luxury real estate transactions, we re trying to figure out where the money is going and how you follow money. i think it was you that said at the beginning that you re more likely to find a terrorist not with his finger on a bomb, but his hands on a check. senator, i m not familiar with the particular program that you describe, but i can tell you that i strongly agree that following the money is to me law enforcement 101. whether it is for organized gangs or drug trafficking or terrorism, that none of those things happen without money. and following the money and working closely with the treasury department i think is