This provisional law was created after 911 and frankly one of the reasons we've not had another 911 on our shores is is because we have this important tool. Congress was able to pass a short term extension of Section 702 last week. and we're going to continue to work out a longer term extension. We're confident that we'll be able to find strong bipartisan consensus that builds off of the really meaningful reforms that we included in the legislation the last time reauthorized it. (16:45–16:50)
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