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John Cornyn Asks CIA Nominee If FISA Section 702 Should Be Reauthorized

Published | Video Starts at 01:17

And you're familiar with the importance of that particular provision and the foreign intelligence that allows the US Government to clean. And I believe the figure is that About 60% of the President's daily brief is a product of [Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]. that section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. You also know that we fairly recently reformed the law and dealt with concerns, legitimate concerns about abuses and privacy concerns, which we are obviously concerned with as well. (01:17–01:23)

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Asserts that Section 702 contributes to 60% of the President's daily intelligence brief.

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