Jim McGovern: “Under current law, no warrant is required for that kind of…”

“If that search is an effort to obtain the communications of US Persons, that's key. It's about searches of already collected data. Under current law, no warrant is required for that kind of search [of already collected data]. Many of us on both sides of the aisle believe that should change. That is exactly what the Biggs Amendment we offered and voted on in this committee last week would have done.” (00:34–00:39)

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