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
Rights on personal privacy that are guaranteed to us. Nevertheless, i think we must carefully review and analyze consequences of any proposed notges to ensure that we do compromise our ability to detect threats against american citizens. The sirennot play to song of the political response simply to these people that we are responding to their misperceptions, in many cases, because there is too much at stake, mainly the security of americans. Compromising to please a skeptical and frequently misinform the public, and therefore losing our ability to protect americans is something we have to take very seriously. I think as we go forward we have to carefully weigh and consider the response of general alexander to my question to him in a public hearing, when i asked him about the question of diminishing our capabilities to detect and thwart an attack. His answer was americans will die. We i hope as we go forward keep that in mind as we examine how we are reconstructing this program, and mak