civil liberties that distinguish us from our enemies. however, we are here because the government has misapplied the law we passed. the administrations interpretation of 200 16 is wrong. under current law, the effort can inquire tangible things of they are relevant to an authorized terrorism investigation. in a feed of legal and verbal gymnastics, the administration convinced the fisa court that because some records in the universe of every phone call americans make or receive are relevant to counterterrorism, the entire universe of those calls must be relevant. that decision of the floodgates to the practice of bulk collection that was never before possible, let alone legal in our countries history. after the abuse last summer, i .new congress had to act i introduced the usa fre