As heated debate continues over possible changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which is poised to expire later this month, we wanted to provide some perspective.
on the intelligence community in a way that is, frankly, concerning, particularly when we re looking at reauthorizing section 702 of the patriot act by the end of next year because as many have said, i can t recall your specific words, but i know director comey has called that the crown jewels of the intelligence community, and i am very concerned that some of the information that s been discussed about unmasking, for example, might cause some people to worry about their legitimate privacy concerns. so when it comes to incidental collection on an american person, that is unrasked at the request of some appropriate authority. can you describe briefly the paper trail and the approval process that is required in order to allow to happen.
intelligence community in a way that i think is frankly concerning. particularly when we re looking at reauthorizing section 702 of the patriot back it the end of next year. as many have said, i can t recall your specific words but i know director comey has called at this time crown jewels of the intelligence commutnity. i am very concerned that some of the information about unmasking might cause some people the worry about their legitimate privacy concerns. so when it comes to incidental collection on an american person, and that is unmasked at the request of some appropriate authority, can you describe briefly the paper trail and the approval process that is required in order the allow that to happen? that s not a trivial matter, is
that i think is frankly concerning, particularly when we re looking at reauthorizing section 702 of the patriot act by the end of next year. as many have said i can t recall your specific words. i know director comey has called that the crown jewels of the intelligence community. i m very concerned that some of the information that has been discussed about unmasking, for example, might cause some people to worry about their legitimate privacy concerns. so when it comes to incidental collection on an american person and that is unmasked at the request of some appropriate authority, can you describe briefly the paper trail and the approval process that is required in order to allow that to happen? that is not a trivial matter, is it? the process is that first of