Political Quotes

“On the substance of the amendment, earlier today in discussing the Judiciary Committee substitute, I pointed out that the FISA Court, or the FISC as it is called, has said: We are not going to get into this area. We don't want to get into the business of trying to oversee how foreign intelligence is collected. That means whether it is collected or whether there is incidental collection, those challenges are significantly different from the challenges that the FBI would face in carrying out their court order. But it should be noted, as I believe the Senator from Rhode Island has, that the FISA court order, the FISC, will set out the requirement that minimization procedures be followed. There will be significant review and oversight of those because the person conducting the surveillance has a supervisor who will look over their shoulder.”