So when a terrorist overseas calls into the United States, we have some ability to figure out who that is. That's what the debate is. Now, I think that puts us on much better ground, much more solid ground. They found no violations, no unlawful activity, no scandal. None of that was found in this report. But what they said is maybe it shouldn't be with the government, maybe it should be mandated by the government, that it's held by the private companies. (01:27–01:33)
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Asserts that a report found no violations or unlawful activity in the NSA's data collection program.
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