09/13/2006
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Requiring Intelligence Officials To Apply For Court Orders Before Collecting Foreign Intelligence From Overseas Targets Would Make Our Nation Less Safe."
"Our intelligence professionals need these tools to keep our people safe, and they need Congress to ensure that these tools are not taken away."
"Allowing this law to lapse would open gaps in our intelligence and increase the danger to our country."
"The vital authorities to surveil overseas targets under the PAA will expire in less than two months, and Congress must act to keep our Nation safe by making these provisions permanent."