Updated: Senate Intel Committee Held FISA Hearing Wednesday; James Comey’s Prepared Senate Testimony for June 8th

Senator Mark Warner

**Update: James Comey Prepared Senate Testimony for June 8th, see below**

Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, announced that the Committee will hold an open hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)* on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at 10:00 a.m, EST.  Appearing before the Committee was Director of National Intelligence, Daniel Coats; Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Andrew McCabe; National Security Agency Director, Admiral Mike Rogers; and the Department of Justice Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. 

The witnesses will provide a comprehensive overview of FISA’s authorities, current oversight mechanisms, and examples of the value this court-authorized collection provides to the United States Intelligence Community.  The hearing will move into closed session following the open session. Above,  Senator Mark Warner

C-Span has recorded hearings:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?429451-1/senators-express-frustration-national-security-officials-answers-russia-probe

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Details:  Hearing: Foreign Surveillance Act (FISA)  

Witnesses:

Director Daniel Coats of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Acting Director Andrew McCabe of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Admiral Mike Rogers, Director of the National Security Agency

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein of the Department of Justice.

Below, Senator Richard Burr

When: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 10:00 a.m, EST.Senator Richard Burr

Where: Hart Senate Office Building Room 216 

*https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/legislation

 Committee Members
 
Hearing Type: Open; Date & Time: 
Thursday, June 8, 2017 – 10:00am EST
Location: Hart 216

Witnesses
Former Director James Comey, Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI

Statement for the Record 

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

James B. Comey June 8, 2017

Chairman Burr, Ranking Member Warner, Members of the Committee.

 
 
 

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