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Article: Remarks by the President on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Legislation.
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- October 10, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- The South Lawn
11:10 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. In August, Congress passed the Protect America Act, a bill to modernize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. This new law strengthened our ability to collect foreign intelligence on terrorists overseas, and it closed a dangerous gap in our intelligence. Since this important measure took effect, our intelligence professionals have been able to gather critical information that would have been missed without this authority. And keeping this authority is essential to keeping America safe.
Unfortunately, when Congress passed the Protect America Act they set its ...