US Rep. Mike Turner
@RepMikeTurner
Proudly represent the 10th District of Ohio. Montgomery, Greene and Clark Counties | Chairman of @HouseIntel & Member of @HASCRepublicans & @GOPoversight
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http://turner.house.gov 26-06-2009 21:15:07
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Chairman US Rep. Mike Turner:
“In this body, everyone is in agreement that there have been unbelievable abuses by the FBI of access to foreign intelligence. The underlying bill, of which there’s broad support, punishes the FBI. It criminalizes the FBI’s abuses.”
Chairman US Rep. Mike Turner on how a warrant requirement would undermine U.S. national security:
“This amendment is not about Americans’ inboxes and outboxes. This is not about Americans’ data. This amendment is about Hezbollah’s data...This is dangerous. It will make us go blind.”
Chairman US Rep. Mike Turner:
“Americans’ data in the United States is already protected by the Constitution. There’s nobody on this House Floor who would argue that you don’t need a warrant to look at Americans’ data in the United States.”
A warrant requirement for Section 702 would, for the first time in history, give constitutional rights to Hezbollah and other foreign adversaries.
Today, I spoke on the House Floor about the need for Congress to pass House Intelligence Committee’s FISA reform bill without a warrant requirement.
Over the last 5 years, over 10,000 Haitian migrants have settled in Springfield, putting a serious strain on local resources.
Today, I welcomed local leaders to D.C. to detail their concerns with Homeland Security & U.S. Department of Labor about how federal programs are impacting migration to Springfield.
Today, the The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board voiced its support for the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act.
The Editorial Board opposed the Biggs-Jayapal-Jordan-Nadler warrant amendment, noting that it would “introduce needless delay when time can be of the essence.”
.US Rep. Mike Turner on reforming FISA 702:
“This bill, the underlying bill, provides 55 reforms both to the FISA Court process, to the FBI’s processes, and to the use and the collection of 702 data that go right to the heart of the actual abuses. They’re not stabs into the dark.”
.US Rep. Mike Turner on the need to reform FISA Section 702:
“The Intelligence Community failed to properly police themselves, and they abused the tools that we gave them under FISA. There were searches of Americans’ identities in the 702 database that should never have occurred.”
Chairman US Rep. Mike Turner on how HPSCI worked to reform Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and stop FBI querying abuses:
“We are significantly restricting both the level of who has access and the number that has access and the review of those who access it.”
In the past, the FBI previously abused the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to inappropriately monitor American citizens.
House Intelligence Committee has worked to reform FISA Section 702, fix these abuses, and increase transparency.
My full remarks before House Rules Committee:
Chairman US Rep. Mike Turner on reauthorizing FISA Section 702:
“All Americans would want us to try to make certain that we keep ourselves safe from these outside terrorist groups and organizations. We are not spying on Americans. This is not a warrantless surveillance program.”
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the U.S. to collect information on foreign nationals outside America.
Today, I told @JakeTapper on State of the Union that our ability to keep Americans safe depends on Congress reforming and reauthorizing FISA Section 702.
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