but the usa freedom act by senator leahy and congressman jim sensenbrenner who wrote the patriot act has some people pleasantly surprised by how strong it is what do you make of it and what are the chances that it is the one that's chose out of these two paths. well i think that is certainly a step in the right direction to bar this kind of bulk collection of innocent americans communications their communications records is imperative to restoring our privacy rights and in fact our core rights against the government abuse of this power potential abuse by this administration or future administration i'm pleasantly surprised to see that congressman sensenbrenner on that bill he was an indefatigable fan and cheerleader for the bush administration when president bush was office we couldn't get a single amendment through the house judiciary committee when he was at the helm but i'm glad to see he seen the light and recognizes how how dangerous these powers are and how far they go how far they transcend what most americans believe reasonably to be their fundamental point right even though

wake of the rally where these bills coming out of congress the usa freedom act and i'll call it the n.s.a. entrenchment act from senator feinstein you know we're seeing the institutions respond. and that of course makes it all the more compelling and exciting it was so incredible i think years ago you would never see people on the street protesting the patriot act so it's amazing to see people out of their computers into the public sphere demanding to repeal the patriot act stop warranted blanket spying with the n.s.a. it was really really amazing and you mentioned the art music and i was one of the most captivating things i think the incredible unification with the signs just incredible you know everything that we're looking at here is so beautiful you know i mean all the all the good materials and of course the bands you perform there why did choose to incorporate this into the rally to make sure that it resonates beyond the people who understand the value of privacy social movements in our country have always been rooted in culture beyond policy and so that was the idea with the bands

wake of the rally where these bills coming out of congress the usa freedom act and i'll call it the n.s.a. entrenchment act from senator feinstein you know we're seeing the institutions. and that of course makes it all the more compelling and exciting it was so incredible i think years ago you would never see people on the street protesting the patriot act so it's amazing to see people out of their computers into the public sphere demanding to repeal the patriot act stop warranted blanket spying with the n.s.a. it was really really amazing and you mentioned the art music and that was one of the most captivating things i think the incredible unification with the signs just incredible you know everything that we're looking at here is so beautiful you know i mean all the all that materials and of course the bands you perform there why did choose to incorporate this into the rally to make sure that it resonates beyond the people who understand the value of privacy social movements in our country have always been rooted in culture beyond policy and so that was the idea with the bands was to sp

the judiciary chairman leahy as a principle sponsor with senator lee and senator durbin on the usa freedom act. whether there's disagreement it should continue, i'm confident we can agree programs deserve more transparency. this is why i join senator franken to introduce the transparency act of 2013. this legislation would call for reports from the attorney general detailing the requests for information authorized under the patriot act and the fisa amendments act. the report would detail the total number of people whose information have been collected under the programs, how many americans have had their information collected, and also how many americans actually had their information looked at by the nsa. furthermore, this legislation would allow telephone and interpret companies to tell consumers basic information regarding the fisa court orders they receive and number of users whose information is turned over. the principles outlined in the bill to increase transparency for americans and private companies clear out tremendous confusion that exists with these programs. that is why transp

the usa freedom act introduced by tenets that by senator leahy and myself and the fisa improvement act introduced by senator feinstein. any of us agree on the need for more transparency. we are talking about the --lions of americans stuck of americans as calls stored by the nsa. my constituents can determine for themselves if this program is continuing or not. thank you for the opportunity to have me testify. thank you very much for your leadership on this issue. >> i am looking forward to working together with you on this. your panel is adjourned. now i would like to introduce our second panel of what mrs.. by unanimous consent in 2009, before the joining the doi, he was a partner with the law firm of arnold and- porter. he worked in the department of justice where he served as deputy assistant to the attorney general in the criminal division. brad is an attorney general for national security at the department of justice. he served as a career attorney for the past 17 years am including positions at the state department, department of defense, and national security council. he is focu

proposals including the intelligence oversight and reform act introduced by senator widen, the usa freedom act by chairman leahy and myself, and the improvement act introduced by senator feinstein. mr. chairman, while positions on the collection program may differ, many of us agree on the need for more transparency. that is why i urge support for the franken-heller legislation before this subcommittee today. we're talking about millions of calls collected and stored by the nsa. americans should have access to some basic information regarding the amount of data collected and what is actually being analyzed so that my constituents, your constituents can determine for themselves whether they believe this program is worthy to continue or not. with that, thank you for the opportunity to have me testify. mr. chairman, thank you very much for your leadership on this issue. >> thank you for yours, senator heller. i'm looking forward to working together with you on this as we go through this process. you're excused. and your panel is adjourned. i'd now like to introduce our second panel of witnesse

six of the biggest internet companies sent letters to capitol hill yesterday in support of the usa freedom act which is a reform bill that would stop bulk data collection reform fice the courts and add transparency to the n.s.a. they wrote quote we are. congress in addressing these critical reforms that would provide much needed transparency and help rebuild the trust of internet users around the world now these companies have also stepped up their lobbying efforts on capitol hill apple spent thirty two percent more on lobbyist this quarter than last wall facebook spent twenty eight percent more money talks on capitol hill and as always we'll be keeping an eye on this for you and the money and where it's going and big or should i say venti news coming from starbucks today the coffee company claims that twenty thirteen has been its best year its fourth fiscal quarter was up thirteen percent year over year and china asia pacific region was up eight percent even as chinese media outlets criticize starbucks for squeezing higher margins out of its chinese operations and here's the thing if you'

congress that are worthwhile that people should be paying attention to and have saluted i think the usa freedom act was introduced by representative sensenbrenner and senator leahy in the senate. is a very sensible measure it ends ball collection and it closes this back door but it still enables the and i say and our other intelligence agencies to get the information they need to prevent terrorists so it sounds like a pretty good start when it comes to confronting this monster that's been revealed i think that's the way to go those are the co-director of the liberty national security program at the brennan center for justice. today rocky prime minister al maliki met with president obama to discuss u.s. aid to rock this is moloch his first visit to the u.s. in two years but it comes after a wave of recent yet tragically routine violence in iraq more than seven thousand people in that country have been killed this year and according to the database iraq body count an op ed in the new york times this week moloch he wrote then iraq and its affiliates are conducting a terrorist campaign against our

supports such as the usa freedom act which has been proposed by senator leahy and representative sensenbrenner as well the kind of transparency that we're talking about here is making public. decisions of a constitutional dimension or inter-breeding laws in a way that goes far beyond the face of the statue and these are very important things not just for the a.c.l.u. but for all americans to be able to see what. what how their rights are being interpreted in this secret court and that's why tomorrow's hearing is so important for years the government's been able to go into a court room in washington d.c. but is a secret place and all of its doing go comings and goings are secret and it's made arguments for in favor of this kind of action of americans data without anyone standing on the other side and so tomorrow is a really important day certainly the release of these kinds of opinions is really fundamental in a democracy like this very shortly even before we filed our lawsuit which came less than a week after mr snowden's first revelation we actually filed a motion in this secret court the for

of commerce or worthwhile that people should be paying attention to him and slowly i think the usa freedom act that was introduced by a representative sensenbrenner and senator leahy in the senate on the is is a very sensible measure it and fall collection and a pen as it closes this back door but it's still enables the nsa and other intelligence agencies to get the information the need to prevent attacks that sounds like a good start when it comes to confronting this month so that's been rebuilt i couldn't make out with a core team co director of the liberty national security program at the brennan center for justice. it is november first and internationally imposed deadline for syria to have all its chemical weapons production and mixing facilities destroyed. on thursday the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons announce that syria will indeed meet this deadline for twenty one twenty three declared chemical weapons sites officially inspected by the joint hope ecw and un mission. it is post where is on the ground in damascus with more. dangerous conditions. that's how the n

congress that are worthwhile that people should be paying attention to and have saluki i think the usa freedom act was introduced by representative sensenbrenner and senator leahy in the senate is it is a very sensible measure it ends bulk collection and it ends there closes this back door but it still enables the n.s.a. and our other intelligence agencies to get the information they need to prevent terrorists so it sounds like a pretty good start when it comes to confronting this monster that's been revealed i think that's the way to go of elizabeth co-director of the liberty national security program at the brennan center for justice today's november first the internationally imposed deadline for syria to have all its chemical weapons production and mixing facilities destroyed on thursday the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons announced that syria will indeed need to this deadline with twenty one of twenty three declared chemical weapons sites officially inspected by the joint o.p.c. w in the u.n. mission or tease posts lawyers on the ground in damascus with more. dangerous

i recently introduced a comprehensive surveillance reform bill, the bipartisan usa freedom act. i support -- appreciate these companies supporting stronger fisa work. mr. salgado, let me ask you, just enhancing transparency, is that going to be enough to bring back global confidence in american technology companies? do we need to do more? and if we don't do more, is this going to affect u.s. businesses? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i think it's an important step to have increased transparency. but i do agree that more is needed than that. and as you noted, we've expressed our support for the legislation that you've offered, the -- i think we need some reform that allows users and others to know that the intelligence community and its collection of data is done under law, that it's rulebound, that it's narrowly tailored. that there is oversight, there's accountability for it. and of course as we've been discussing today, that there is some transparency around it that can help bring some of the trust that all this happened. >> and aside from affecting the reputation of the united s

the balanced approach supported by americans, businesses and our friends abroad by passing the usa freedom act into law. if you do have any type of professional affiliation, please state that. he would like to be first? thank you. -- you would like to be first? thank you. >> i have worked with the panel. senatee staff of the intelligence committee. this was passed in section 215. i have a direct role. we have to have a court order. this has to be relevant. >> you were right. the question i have for you is how do you answer the administration's thought that in the reenactment of the patriot to get the information necessary to understand that there was a different intent for that lays withld your understanding of how the legislative rossa should produce by congressction and the courts to acknowledge the congressional action that expresses legislative intent here it corrects first let me say that the original patriot act is not include a relevant standard. there was a request when it was and 2006rise in 2005 to include a relevant standard. they would say that inserting ae word "relevance" int

the senate judiciary committee patrick leahy, who i understand spoke at a session includes a usa freedomin in the spying on innocent americans while maintaining the necessary tools to enhance and ensure our security. the patriot act had 17 provisions. i insisted that all 17 the sun said it so that they would expire automatically they were not reauthorize. and after having hearings on 17 of these provisions in 2005, congress determined that 14 of the provisions were noncontroversial and made them permanent law. the remaining provisions sunset in 2015 and will expire in if they are not reauthorize. one of those provisions in section 215, the so-called business records provision and it allows the government to apply to the fisa court to obtain tangible things that they are relevant to an authorized investigation into international terrorism. the administration use this to justify the collection of records of innocent americans. the administration argues the request for every phone record is relevant because the universe undoubtably contains relevant information and her original decision aut

leahy, whom i understand spoke at the first one of these sessions and, and i have introduced the usa freedom to rein in the abuse and to put an end to spying on innocent americans while maintaining the necessary tools to enhance and insure our securitiment the patriot act had 17 provisions. i insisted that all 17 be sunset so that they would expire automatically if they were not reauthorized. after having hearings on each of these 17 provisions in 2005, congress determined that 14 of the provisions were noncontroversial and made them permanent law. ..

- republican, one democrat who wrote the usa patriot act shortly after 9-11 have introduced the usa freedomt that essentially would repeal many of the aspects and change them of the patriot act. there has been some diminution -- of ourlomatically diplomatic relationships across the world. that is just a fact. it seems to me with the president saying -- it looks like he is poised to order the national security agency to stop eavesdropping. the chairman of the senate intelligence committee raised a question that i think is legitimate. why did we not know the heads of state were being eavesdropped on. reason why it is important is because it is a policy issue that has very broad implications. it could put united states into a difficult position. i understand sources and information, but we are the intelligence community. all of us are dealing with a problem in our international relations. there will be changes. what i heard from you was a robust defense of the status quo. that isn't necessarily what i have heard in other hearings. andve heard your openness the four different ways that we would

understand spoke at the first one of these sessions and, and i have introduced the usa freedom act to rein in the abuse and to put an end to spying on innocent americans while maintaining the necessary tools to enhance and insure our securitiment the patriot act had 17 provisions. i insisted that all 17 be sunset so that they would expire automatically if they were not reauthorized. after having hearings on each of these 17 provisions in 2005, congress determined that 14 of the provisions were noncontroversial and made them permanent law. .. collection of records of innocent americans. the administration argues that a request for every phone record is relevant because the universe of every call undoubtedly contains relevant information. in her original decision authoring bulk collection, the fisc judge wrote, analysts know that terrorists' e-mails are located somewhere in the billions of data bits. what they cannot know ahead of time is exactly where. we recently learned that the administration has used similar logic to justify the collection of records related to every financial tran

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