Political Quotes

“I also call the attention of my colleagues to a statement from the Civil Liberties and Privacy Office of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. In that statement, the Civil Liberties and Privacy Office says: Concerns have been raised that the PAA could result in the interception of U.S. person communications. As explained in the Department of Justice September 14 letter, and in a letter by the DNI's Civil Liberties Protection Officer dated September 17, 2007, U.S. persons' privacy interests are protected through ``minimization procedures,'' which must meet FISA's statutory definition. In addition, ``reverse targeting'' is implicitly prohibited under existing law. As a side note, Mr. President, this measure explicitly prohibits reverse targeting, but the Privacy Office goes on to say: The SSCI bill in addition requires review of minimization procedures and explicitly prohibits reverse targeting.”