Political Quotes

“What he is laying out is a scenario that does not exist. He is raising all kinds of concerns that are dealt with in the underlying bill. They are dealt with by the Constitution of the United States. They were dealt with by the Protect America Act. I can assure the American public that we are not collecting all of the communications they send overseas and reading them and listening to them and using them in some way that violates the fourth amendment or the provisions of these two measures. Before we actually have a vote on these measures, we will talk about them more in detail. I think he raised the reverse targeting amendment first. Let me be clear and explain that you cannot target a person inside the United States without a court order. All acquisitions must comply with the fourth amendment. Last week we agreed to an amendment offered by Senator Kennedy which ensures that the authorities in this bill will not be used to acquire communications where the sender and all intended recipients are known to be in the United States. That has to be with a FISA Court order if you are targeting somebody in the United States. This is an explicit, bright-line prohibition against reverse targeting in the current bill.”