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John Cornyn: “The FBI would have to prove the elements of a crime to get a…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 04:14

That is lawfully collected intelligence. And what this requirement would mean is that the FBI mainly would have to go out and try to prove The FBI would have to prove the elements of a crime to get a warrant to look at lawfully collected intelligence. which is basically the metadata. If content is required or asked for by the FBI, they have to go before a judge and establish why that is. (04:14–04:38)

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Asserts that a warrant requirement would necessitate proving probable cause of a crime for accessing intelligence.

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