Receipts. Call to order, this hearing of the House Permanent Select Committee on intelligence. This is an unusual hearing for us, and it is exciting, from the back room it sounded like it was a reception, everyone was so excited to see their friends and to reconnect. That was happening on a social level. We will reconnect on the professional level. One thing that we know, for each of you, is you have had an incredible career in congress, incredible careers in National Security, incredible careers on this committee. We do not want to lose your resident expertise. And we believe that you work on a bipartisan basis, and certainly, you are about getting this committee working on a bipartisan basis. So we want to turn to you today to get your advice, on issues that you see that you think we need to be focused on. On issues that you think this committee, as you have seen the work we have been doing, should either continue or modify, in the way we are undertaking them. So i want first to intr
Amy, welcome. Thanks for having. Me lets talk about the term of the 20 20 to 23 term thats ramping up. Maybe this month, maybe next month. Anything that surprised you . Not so far. Were waiting on virtually all of the big decisions. Affirmative action, religion, lgbtq rights on Voting Rights of election law. Its too soon. Were waiting on 27 cases to draw any conclusions about what this version of the court is going to look like this term. Were gonna talk about some of these cases were waiting on. First Ketanji Brown jackson was new this term. What did you see from her. Anything different that you did not expect . Im not sure if i didnt expect. But shes been very active just as perhaps one of the most active new justices. Thats not surprising. And she spent most of her time as a judge. As a trial court judge. She was the only one in the courtroom. She is not dominating by any measure but shes very active. She has a lot of questions. She is often working with the other two liberal justic
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,
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Good morning, everyone. My name is karin olofsdotter. I the great honor of serving as swedens ambassador to the united states. You might wonder why youre in a black room. Its no coincidence. I first thought the architect had run out of ideas and money, but it is to show you how dark it is in scandinavia in the wintertime. [laughing] but dont let that put you off your to come and visit our wonderful country. T its great for you americans right now, traveling with your currency to our currency, some more than welcome. Well, its wonderful to see so many of you here today, both here in the room and, of course, joiningg us online from all ovr the world. I also want to thank Atlantic Council Digital Forensic research lab for cohosting this event with us. And to the Nobel Foundation and the National Academy of sciences. They are partners and supporting organizations. Well, todays event is part of the nobel prize summit. It is a testament to the enduring legacy of one of the most famous swedes