When I was a terrorism Prosecutor, we used 702 directly to prevent the shopping mall in Houston from being blown up. We use 702 collection directly to prevent an attack on the State Capitol in the state of California. And those individuals were prosecuted and are currently in prison. And balancing that awesome responsibility with the constitutional protections that every American should have when we're talking about US Persons specifically is something that I keep in mind on every single decision surrounding 702. (03:21–03:28)
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