Political Quotes

“These gentlemen said: [P]roviding this liability protection is critical to the Nation's security. They confirmed that the intelligence community cannot obtain the intelligence it needs without--I repeat, without--the assistance from these carriers, companies, and other segments of the private sector. They noted: It is critical that any long-term FISA modernization legislation contain an effective liability protection provision. It should be clear from this letter that the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General of the United States could not support the bill without explicit retroactive legal protection for the carriers and other segments of the private sector. It is for these reasons that I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act, as passed by the House, and to vote against any amendments that intend to strip out or alter the critical civil liability provision or any other section of the bill that is essential to our intelligence community.”