Political Quotes

“I thought maybe, if anybody is still listening, we would talk a little bit about the intent of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. I hope maybe we can clarify some of the misunderstandings. First, I believe that when the distinguished Senator from California, a valued member of the committee, Mrs. Feinstein, spoke on the origins of FISA, she correctly noted that it was created, at least in part, in response to the disclosed abuses of domestic national security surveillance. However, as the legislative history makes clear, FISA was never intended to regulate the acquisition of the contents of international or foreign communications where the contents are acquired by intentionally targeting a particular known U.S. person who is in the United States. The legislative history states: This bill does not afford protections to U.S. persons who are abroad, nor does it regulate the acquisition of the contents of international communications of U.S. persons who are in the United States, where the contents are acquired unintentionally.”