this is why i join senator frank franken to introduce a transparency act of 2013. this legislation would call for reports from the attorney general detailing the request for information authorized under the patriot act and the fisa amendments act. the reports would detail the total number of people whose information has been collected under these programs, how many americans have had their information collected, and also how many americans actually had had their information looked at by the nsa. further more, this legislation would allow telephone and internet companies to tell consumers basic information regarding the fisa court orders they receive is the number of users whose information is turned over. the principles outlined in this bill to increase transparency for americans and private companies would clear up a tremendous amount of confusion that exists with these programs. that is why transparency reform is included in multiple nsa reform proposals including the intelligence oversight and reform act introduced by senator widen, the usa freedom act by chairm