cornyn: the cia director john radcliffe said during his testimony before this committee that he believed that a warrant is not only required by law but is actually impractical. you disagree with that or agree with that? ms. gabbard: i will be in a better position to make an assessment on the practical implications of this if confirmed. my commitment remains to uphold the constitution and americans fourth amendment rights. >> we are going to take you live to a news conference with lawmakers on regulation of cryptocurrency. >> to be invited to speak along such distinguished leaders. thank you all for your leadership. we are addressing one of the most important topics of our time to ensure the u.s. remains at the forefront of information and digital assets. the president said in his order in the first week that it's a policy of his administration to support the response will group and use of digital assets, block chain technology and related technologies across all sectors of the economy. he established an executive branch working group for digital assets which includes the secretary of tre

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leavitt: kudos to john radcliffe for revealing that truthful fact to the american people. many years too late. [feedback] the biden administration had the chance to let the american people know about that and for some reason they chose not to. i would like to point out that several years ago, when i was working in this press shop and trump would take to the podium to brief the american people in covid-19, he suggested that covid very well may have came from a lab in wuhan, china. many members in this room mocked him for that, said that he was spewing conspiracy theories. he was not. it's now the confirmable truth. it took years for that to come out. he was right again. >> i wanted to ask about secretary rubio and his trip to panama. what were the conversations like on that? the president of panama said that it's impossible to negotiate over the canal. what are you expecting for the visit? >> i wasn't present for the secretary's conversation with trump about the panama canal. i was present for the president's own thoughts on the panama walk -- panama canal. you've all seen

cornyn: the cia director john radcliffe said during his testimony before this committee that he believedhat a warrant is not only required by law but is actually impractical. you disagree with that or agree with that? ms. gabbard: i will be in a better position to make an assessment on the practical implications of this if confirmed. my commitment remains to uphold the constitution and americans fourth amendment rights.

cornyn: the cia director john radcliffe said during his testimony before this committee that he believed that a warrant is not only required by law but is actually impractical. you disagree with that or agree with that? ms. gabbard: i will be in a better position to make an assessment on the practical implications of this if confirmed. my commitment remains to uphold the constitution and americans fourth amendment rights. sen. cornyn: where would the warrant be sought? in the foreign intelligence surveillance court or in some other article three court? ms. gabbard: my understanding is it would be in the foreign intelligence surveillance court. sen. cornyn: are you aware that the foreign intelligence surveillance court has on a warrant is not required? ms. gabbard: i am aware. chair cotton: thank you, senator heinrich? sen. heinrich: you travel to syria and lebanon in january 2017. he and his brother accompanied you to lebanon and syria. they have links to the syrian social nationalist party, an ally of hezbollah and in 2008 the syrian social nationalist party participated in the assassin

when i was questioning john radcliffe, confirmed a stretch of the cia about this, we talked about reforms that have been made over the years. this has been an ongoing conversation in congress. people like my colleague have proposed reforms, which i think have gone a long way to help protect the privacy rights of american citizens. this is not the same 702 that was in effect during president trump's first term. these are a number of things we did together on a bipartisan basis to make sure the balance between the national security interests of the american people and the privacy and constitutional rights of american citizens are protected. you agree with that? mr. patel: i do. sen. cornyn: senator tillis with his typical outstanding graphics has a wonderful handout which lays all of that out. one of the things that has come up is the idea that a query a lawfully collected intelligence under section 702, somehow if the u.s. persons name is involve a warrant will be required. you're a lawyer who has represented defendants as a public defender. you understand a probable cause is required what