Coats: Permanent Reauthorization of FISA Amendments Act Is the IC’s Top Legislative Priority

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COATS: "And although the many successes enabled by 702 are highly classified, the purpose of the authority is to give the United States intelligence community the upper hand in trying to avert these types of attacks before they transpire. Which is why permanent reauthorization of the FISA Amendments Act without further amendment is the intelligence community’s top legislative priority. And based on the long history of oversight and transparency of this authority, I would urge the Congress to enact this legislation at the earliest possible date to give our intelligence professionals the consistency they need to maintain our capability."