Is it fair to say then, Director, that this staged development of information, as you describe it, is in fact the new standard of proof for issuing a FISA warrant and a National Security Letter?
Ron Wyden: “Is it fair to say then, Director, that this staged development of information, as you describe it, is in fact the new…”
On the recordApril 19, 2005
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Questioning the new standard of proof for investigations.
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