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Curated research library of TV news clips regarding the NSA, its oversight and privacy issues, 2009-2014

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Primary curation & research: Robin Chin, Internet Archive TV News Researcher; using Internet Archive TV News service.

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Dutch Ruppersberger
U.S. Representative D-Maryland, Ranking Member on the Intelligence Committee
CSPAN2 10/29/2013
Ruppersberger: We must improve transparency privacy protections and thereby restore the public's confidence. We cannot truly have privacy without security or security without privacy. We are exploring a proposal to require a declassification review of any FISA court decision, order or opinion to improve transparency without threatening sources and methods. We are also evaluating expanding congressional reporting so all members of congress not just those on committees of jurisdiction can view the classified reporting about the programs.
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Dutch Ruppersberger
U.S. Representative D-Maryland, Ranking Member on the Intelligence Committee
CSPAN2 10/29/2013
Ruppersberger: We are vetting a measure that would create a presidentially appointed Senate confirmed Inspector General of the NSA to provide an extra independent check. We are discussing ways to change the makeup of the FISA court to correct the perception that it is controlled by one political party or other. We are looking into creating a privacy advocate, a non-executive branch lawyer who would take an independent position on matters before the FISA court and involve significant constructions or interpretations of the FISA law.
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Dutch Ruppersberger
U.S. Representative D-Maryland, Ranking Member on the Intelligence Committee
CSPAN2 10/29/2013
Ruppersberger: And the most intriguing but also the most widely challenging is changing how section 215 is implemented. Can we move away from bulk collection and towards a system like the one used in criminal prosecutions system in which the government subpoenas individuals call data records, phone numbers, no content to be used for link analysis.
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Dutch Ruppersberger
U.S. Representative D-Maryland, Ranking Member on the Intelligence Committee
CSPAN 03/25/2014
Ruppersberger: We will be taking a warrant, the F.B.I. will be taking a warrant, giving it to the phone companies and then we will -- they will have to pass what they call the RAS test, Reasonable Articulable Suspicion. That means that if in fact, let me give you an example, if there's a terrorist at a safe house in Yemen and that terrorist, known terrorist to us, calls the united states, then that would be the RAS test that we would need in order to get the warrant to the phone company – to get the information. What's more important and what's so important in our country, which makes our country so strong, the checks and balances, and the court will be involved in the process. In the pre-process they will be involved with overseeing the procedures that we use.
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Dutch Ruppersberger
U.S. Representative D-Maryland, Ranking Member on the Intelligence Committee
CSPAN 03/25/2014
Ruppersberger: In the post, though, the courts will evaluate every individual case, the RAS test, as it occurs. And that just doesn't happen now. So, we have, again, to reiterate. we have the F.B.I. going to the providers, getting this information. Then we have to pass the RAS test at that point and then the courts will oversee that post. And that will be done very quickly also. We also want to deal with some other issues. Those issues will be transparency. We think it's very important that the public know how important and what the mission is of our intelligence communities and how they work with our military to save our country from terrorist attacks.
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Dutch Ruppersberger
U.S. Representative D-Maryland, Ranking Member on the Intelligence Committee
CSPAN 06/19/2014
Ruppersberger: now we have an amendment to an appropriations bill that makes major legislative changes to FISA with only 10 minutes of debate and it make s ours country less safe. It would prohibit the urgent search of lawfully collected information, to thwart a bomb threat against a synagogue in Los Angeles, a church in Maryland or a New York Stock Exchange. There's no emergency exceptions and it basically says that what you can do to stop a criminal in this country, you can't do to stop a terrorist and that is wrong. We can not allow this to happen. We will continue to work on FISA and other national security laws to maximize privacy and civil liberties especially for U.S. persons but we must do so carefully and deliberately. We must make sure to also keep our country and our allies safe from terrorist attacks. Ultimately, while I applaud these members for continuing to look for ways to reform our intelligence laws, we shouldn't be doing this on an appropriations bill with only 10 minutes of debate.
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Dutch Ruppersberger
U.S. Representative D-Maryland, Ranking Member on the Intelligence Committee
CSPAN 08/13/2015
Ruppersberger: I rise in strong support of The U.S.A. Freedom Act which virtually deletes the National Security Agency’s database of Americans' phone and email records. The bulk collection of what we know now as metadata will end. Under this bill the government will now have to seek court approval before petitioning private cell phone companies for records. The court will have to approve each application, except in emergencies and major court decisions will be made public. It is very similar to legislation drafted and introduced last year by the intelligence committee under the leadership of former Chairman Rogers and myself together with our colleagues on the judiciary committee led by Congressman Goodlatte and Conyers. That bill passed with an overwhelming bipartisan majority and I want to thank Congressman Goodlatte and Conyers as well as Congressman Schiff and Nunes, also Congressman Sensenbrenner and Jerry Nadler and other members who worked hard and continued the pursuit on this much-needed reform.
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Dutch Ruppersberger
U.S. Representative D-Maryland, Ranking Member on the Intelligence Committee
CSPAN 08/13/2015
Ruppersberger: We need this bill, though, to keep our country safe. Section 215 of the Patriot Act which is the part that legalizes much of N.S.A.'s critical work to protect us from terrorists expires in less than three weeks, on June 1. If we do not re-authorize it with the reforms demanded by the public essential cape -- by the public, essential abilities to track suspects will expire also. This couldn't happen at a worse time. The threats posed by ISIS and other terrorist groups are just the tip of the iceberg. We also need strong defenses against increasingly aggressive cyberterrorists and the lone wolf terrorists that are often American citizens, for example this bill restores Americans' confidence that the government is not snooping on its own citizens by improving the necessary checks and balances to our democracy. This bill balances the need to protect our country with the need to protect our constitutional rights and civil liberties.
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