John Cornyn: “Section 702 is probably the most important law most people…”

“Mr. President, senator from Washington is prepared to let this essential foreign intelligence surveillance tool go dark unless we accede to his demands. And frankly, the demand for a warrant to search lawfully collected foreign intelligence makes no sense whatsoever. So Section 702 is probably the most important law most people have never heard about. It protects American citizens by saying only foreigners can be the object of surveillance. But necessarily sometimes when the communication is between a foreign target and an American citizen or …” (03:37–03:43)

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