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John Cornyn: “I support the reinstatement of Section 215 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but as I've told the Director…”

On the recordJanuary 11, 2022
I support the reinstatement of Section 215 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, but as I've told the Director of National Intelligence, every time that the skeptics talk about the power that is given to the Intelligence Community under the supervision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and Members of Congress, every example of an abuse of that power makes it harder and harder for us as a political matter to get Congress to pass or reinstate those authorities.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn discusses challenges in reinstating surveillance authorities due to past abuses.

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